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Operation Disaster (1950) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Roy Ward Baker ... (as Roy Baker)

Writing Credits  

William Fairchild ... (screenplay) (as W.E.C. Fairchild)
 
Kenneth Woollard ... (based on the stage play of the same name by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

John Mills ... Lieut. Commander Armstrong
Nigel Patrick ... Lieut. Manson
Peter Hammond ... Sub Lieut. Oakley
Andrew Crawford Andrew Crawford ... Sub Lieut. (E) J. McFee
Michael Brennan Michael Brennan ... C.P.O. Barlow
George Cole ... E.R.A. Marks
Victor Maddern ... Leading Telegraphist Hillbrook
Roddy McMillan Roddy McMillan ... Leading Seaman Andrews
Frank Coburn Frank Coburn ... Leading Seaman Brough
Jack Stewart Jack Stewart ... Leading Seaman Kelly
James Hayter ... Able Seaman Higgins
Wylie Watson ... Able Seaman Nobby Clarke
Richard Attenborough ... Stoker Snipe
George Thorpe George Thorpe ... Capt. Fenton
Bernard Lee ... Commander Gates
Kenneth More ... Lieut. Commander James
Alastair Hunter ... Capt. Jenner
Helen Cherry ... Helen Armstong
Lana Morris ... Rose Snipe
Zena Marshall ... The Wren
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arthur Sandifer Arthur Sandifer ... (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler Emile Stemmler ... Waiter (uncredited)

Produced by 

Jay Lewis ... producer

Cinematography by 

Desmond Dickinson ... director of photography

Editing by 

Alan Osbiston

Casting By 

Tina L. Scott

Art Direction by 

Alex Vetchinsky

Makeup Department 

Tony Sforzini ... makeup supervisor

Production Management 

Roy Goddard ... production manager
Herbert Smith ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Robert Asher ... assistant director
Basil Keys ... assistant director
Frank Ernst ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Alec Gibb ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

John Brown ... production buyer (uncredited)
H. Don Lee ... chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Harry Phipps ... construction manager (uncredited)
Arthur Taksen ... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department 

George Croll ... sound recordist
John W. Mitchell ... sound recordist
Jack Slade ... sound editor
Michael Colomb ... assistant boom operator (uncredited)
Peter Davies ... assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Basil Fenton-Smith ... boom operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

H.E. Fowle ... additional photography
Harold Haysom ... camera operator
Lt. Hodges ... underwater photography (as Lt. Hodges R.N.V.R.)
Maurice Gillett ... electrician (uncredited)
Reginald H. Morris ... focus puller (uncredited)
Alex Thomson ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Bill Walpole ... chief electrician (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Jack Slade ... assembly cutter (uncredited)

Music Department 

William Alwyn ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Gordon Jacob ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Olga Brook ... continuity

Additional Crew 

J. Fenton ... technical advisor (as Lt. Cdr. J. Fenton D.S.C.)
Leslie Parkyn ... administrator
Ray Cunnington ... assistant publicity director (uncredited)
Ken Green ... publicity manager (uncredited)
Kathleen Hosgood ... production secretary (uncredited)
Donald Toms ... production runner (uncredited)

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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