Overview - Gift Horse

Overview

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.

Cast

• Name: Richard Attenborough

  Character: Dripper Daniels

  Popularity: 2.3034

  

• Name: James Donald

  Character: Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1

  Popularity: 0.6898

  

• Name: Sonny Tufts

  Character: Yank Flanagan

  Popularity: 0.2485

  

• Name: Trevor Howard

  Character: Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser

  Popularity: 1.0403

  

• Name: Bernard Lee

  Character: A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

  Popularity: 0.6503

  

• Name: Dora Bryan

  Character: Glad Flanagan

  Popularity: 0.3125

  

• Name: Hugh Williams

  Character: Captain David G. Wilson

  Popularity: 0.7218

  

• Name: Robin Bailey

  Character: Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot

  Popularity: 0.493