Factual error: The footage of the Murmansk convoy firing at attacking German planes is actually Pacific footage of Kamikaze attacks. The density of the fire was only possible because of the lavish AA available then, unlike the meager AA of convoy escorts.
The Cruel Sea (1953)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: Charles Frend
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton
Other mistake: Just after the Royal Navy destroyer has sailed through and depth charged the area where the British survivors are, there is a shot of the churned up sea with sombre music playing, and the seagulls are flying backwards.
Tallow: If anyone else makes a noise, I'll have his guts for a necktie.
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