Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Carl ForemanCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oskar Homolka, Kieron Moore, Bernard Lee, Bryan Forbes, Michael Caine, Carl Möhner, Rupert Davies, John Crawford (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
During World War II a tugboat captain falls in love with an immigrant girl, living in a British coastal town. He meets her through a system in which the key to her apartment is passed on to him by the previous lover, also a tugboat captain, when the latter knows death awaits him in the high seas. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![William Holden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362556_b112d1.jpg)
William Holden
USA
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
La Tour infernale (1974)
![Sophia Loren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384742_acfaf9.png)
Sophia Loren
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
Two Women (1960)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
![Trevor Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653304_74e93f.jpg)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
![Oskar Homolka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424252_9aa4ee.jpg)
Oskar Homolka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Woman Alone (1936)
![Kieron Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421423_0ebff8.jpg)
Kieron Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
![Bernard Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269477_c1036f.jpg)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Third Man (1949)
Father Brown (1954)
![Bryan Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494632_aeffd5.jpg)
Bryan Forbes
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
King Rat (1965)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
![Michael Caine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/119/164119074_392562.jpg)
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
Le Prestige (2006)
![Carl Möhner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/232/158232419_d6dc8d.jpg)
Carl Möhner
Austria
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
He Who Must Die (1957)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
![Rupert Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/385/159385969_14b0fd.jpg)
Rupert Davies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Sapphire (1959)
L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
![John Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/513/159513783_cc4e71.jpg)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
La Tour infernale (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Robert Rietty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486485_0071b5.jpg)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
![Irene Handl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479252_12aeea.jpg)
Irene Handl
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Stage Fright (1950)
Beatrix Lehmann
UK
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
L'Espion qui venait du froid (1965)
![Reg Thomason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/356/161356968_775b1a.jpg)
Reg Thomason
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Aileen Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375901_b39009.jpg)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
![John Tatum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/397/161397924_66303a.jpg)
John Tatum
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Pauline Chamberlain
UK
Best movies:
![Noel Purcell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477840_7a9a0f.jpg)
Noel Purcell
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Moby Dick (1956)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Russell Waters
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)