In 1940, the-Royal Navy is frantically recruiting for WWII so pulls Lieutenant Commander Fraser out of retirement to captain the HMS Ballantrae, herself recently re-commissioned and lent by the Americans to a seriously under-resourced British Navy. Despite an inauspicious start and multiple repairs, Fraser crafts the ship and its crew into an efficient fighting force, culminating in a daring mission to destroy a French dockyard which is crucial to the Nazis in maintaining their formidable battleships. The climax of the film is a fictional account of the real-life St Nazaire Raid of 1942 AKA Operation Chariot - led by a ship very similar to the Gift Horse itself, and celebrated as The Greatest Raid of All.
SPECIAL FEATURES: OPERATION CHARIOT AND HMS CAMPBELTOWN: JAMES DORRIAN REMEMBERS THE REAL GIFT HORSE
CEREMONY COMMEMORATING 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ST NAZAIRE RAID (1947)
BEHIND THE SCENES STILLS GALLERY
ORIGINAL TRAILER
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- In-store product group: CLASSICS
- In-store genre: CLASSICS
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- Director: Compton Bennett
- Actors: Trevor Howard (Actor)|Richard Attenborough (Actor)|Sonny Tufts (Actor)|James Donald (Actor)
- Film Genre: Classics
- Film Subgenre: War
- Label: All Interactive Distribution
- Audio: French, English (Dual Mono Dolby Digital)
- Subtitles: French, English
- Running Time: 96
- Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
- Region Coding: 4
- TV Standard: PAL
- Rating: PG
- Consumer Advice: Mild war themes and violence
- Year of Release: 1952
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- Primary Format - Movies/TV: DVD
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Gift Horse
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