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S.O.S. Titanic

Year:

1979

Duration:

180 min (including commercials) | USA:102 min (DVD version)

Genres:

Drama | History

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

William Hale

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1979-09-23

Filming Locations: RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Nick Brimble

Lise Hilboldt

David Janssen

S.O.S. Titanic

Harry Andrews

Capt. Edward J. Smith

David Battley

Chief Boots: S. Stebbing

Ed Bishop

Henry Harris

Tony Caunter

Chief Officer: Henry Wilde

Nicholas Davies

Lift Attendant: Alfie King

Matthew Guinness

Catholic Priest: Father Byles

Jerry Houser

Dan Marvin

Victor Langley

Band Leader: Wallace Hartley

Gerard McSorley

Martin Gallagher

John Moffatt

Benjamin Guggenheim

Aubrey Morris

Steward: John Hart

Martin Murphy

Bugle Boy: Peter Fletcher

Nancy Nevinson

Ida Straus

Philip O'Sullivan

David Charters

Robert Pugh

James Farrell

Maurice Roëves

Leading Stoker: Fred Barret

Norman Rossington

Master-at-Arms: T. King

Geoffrey Whitehead

Thomas Andrews

Gordon Whiting

Isidor Straus

Paul Young

First Officer: Joseph Murdoch

Peter Bourke

Assistant Wireless Operator: Harold Bride

Shevaun Briars

Katie Gilnagh

Jacob Brooke

2nd Class Steward: John Hardy

Catherine Byrne

Bridget Bradley

Warren Clarke

4th Officer: Joseph G. Boxhall

Deborah Fallender

Mary Marvin

Ian Holm

J. Bruce Ismay

Kate Howard

Countess of Rothes

Karl Howman

5th Officer: Harold Lowe

Cloris Leachman

Molly Brown

Tony Maiden

Assistant Boots: E.J. Guy

Helen Mirren

Stewardess: May Sloan

Michele O'Connor

Kate Mullins

Rynagh O'Grady

Mary Agatha Glynn

Toni Darling

Irish Beauty (as Antoinette O'Reilly)

Kevin O'Shea

Crow's Nest Lookout: Reginald Lee

Dorothea Phillips

Emma Bucknell

Anna Quayle

Woman Turkish Bath Attendant: Maude Slocombe

Beverly Ross

Madeline Astor

Carolle Rousseau

Madame de Villiers

Alec Sabin

Crow's Nest Lookout: Frederick Fleet

Susan Saint James

Leigh Goodwin

Madge Ryan

Stewardess: Violet Jessop

Ronan Smith

Daniel Buckley

Malcolm Stoddard

2nd Officer: Charles H. Lightoller

David Warner

Laurence Beesley

Philip Stone

Capt. Arthur Rostron

Christopher Strauli

Chief Wireless Operator: Harold Cottam

Ian Abercrombie

Deck steward (uncredited)

Philip Davis

Crows Nest Lookout (uncredited)

Barbara Ewing

Mrs. Ismay (uncredited)

Peter Fontaine

Card Player (uncredited)

Norman Gay

1st Class Passenger (uncredited)

Tony Haygarth

Engineer Officer (uncredited)

Anthony Heaton

Quartermaster Hichens (uncredited)

Barbara Kellerman

Passenger (uncredited)

Rosemary Leach

Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)

Arthur Malet

Librarian (uncredited)

André Maranne

Michel Navratil (uncredited)

Ralph Morse

Disguised Man (uncredited)

Ronnie Stevens

Doctor McGee - Carpathia (uncredited)

Tony Vogel

2nd Officer Jimmy Basset - Carpathia (uncredited)

Nicholas Young

Jack Thayer

Did you know?

Trivia

Cinematographer Christopher Challis, reflected in his autobiography on the making of this film: He thought A Night to Remember (1958) 'excellent' and felt the eight week shooting schedule for this film: inadequate, when compared to the five months A Night to Remember took to film.

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This was the first feature length Titanic film to be made in color.

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Timothy Spall, who played Jim, had his performance deleted in post production.

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Goofs

In the last shot of the Titanic's wireless operator, he is sending a repeated "S.O.S.", but the movements of his hand do not match the timing of the sounds from the equipment.

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John Jacob Astor and wife Madeleine are shown conversing with Bruce and Julia Ismay at the Titanic's Grand Staircase while the Titanic is still docked in Southampton England. The Astors did not board the ship until it reach Cherbourg France.

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Most of the exterior scenes were filmed aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. Even though the Queen Mary resembles the Titanic in a generic sense, one noticeable difference between the two liners is the color of the funnels. The Queen Mary's funnels are 'Cunard Red' (a deep reddish-orange hue) with black bands, while the Titanic's were 'White Star buff' (a creamy yellow tone) and not banded. This obviously could not be helped when filming scenes on-deck aboard the Queen Mary, where the banded orange funnels are prominently visible. However, the visual FX shots of the Titanic model, including the colorized footage from A Night To Remember (1958), as well as the Boat Deck set seen during the sinking scenes, show the Titanic's funnels in the proper yellow color. (In addition, the Queen Mary has three funnels where the Titanic had four, but this is not apparent from any shots in the film.)

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