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A Night to Remember

Year:

1958

Duration:

123 min | Spain:114 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | History

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1958-12-16

Filming Locations: Great Fosters Hotel, Egham, Surrey, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Jane Downs

A Night to Remember

David McCallum

A Night to Remember

Kenneth More

Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller

Ronald Allen

Mr. Clarke

Robert Ayres

Maj. Arthur Peuchen

Honor Blackman

Mrs. Liz Lucas

Anthony Bushell

Capt. Arthur Rostron - Carpathia

John Cairney

Mr. Murphy

Jill Dixon

Mrs. Clarke

James Dyrenforth

Col. Archibald Gracie

Michael Goodliffe

Thomas Andrews

Kenneth Griffith

Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips

Harriette Johns

Lady Richard

Frank Lawton

Chairman J. Bruce Ismay

Richard Leech

First Officer William Murdoch

Alec McCowen

Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam - Carpathia

Tucker McGuire

Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown

John Merivale

Robbie Lucas

Ralph Michael

Mr. Yates

Laurence Naismith

Capt. Edward John Smith

Russell Napier

Capt. Stanley Lord - Californian

Redmond Phillips

Mr. Hoyle

George Rose

Chief Baker Charles Joughin

Joseph Tomelty

Dr. William O'Loughlin

Patrick Waddington

Sir Richard

Jack Watling

Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall

Geoffrey Bayldon

Wireless Operator Cyril Evans - Californian

Michael Bryant

Sixth Officer James Moody

Cyril Chamberlain

Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe

Richard Clarke

Gallagher

Bee Duffell

Mrs. Farrell

Harold Goldblatt

Benjamin Guggenheim

Gerald Harper

3rd Officer - Carpathia

Richard Hayward

Victualling Officer

Thomas Heathcote

Steward

Danuta Karell

Polish Mother

Christina Lubicz

Polish Girl

Barry MacGregor

Apprentice James Gibson - Californian

Edward Malin

Dining Saloon Steward (as Eddie Malin)

Patrick McAlinney

Mr. James Farrell

Helen Misener

Mrs. Ida Straus

Mary Monahan

Kate

Howard Pays

Fifth Officer Harold Lowe

Philip Ray

Reverend Anderson

Harold Siddons

Second Officer Herbert Stone - Californian

Julian Somers

Mr. Bull - Man on Train

Tim Turner

Third Officer Charles Groves - Californian

Meier Tzelniker

Mr. Isador Straus

Bart Allison

Drunk (uncredited)

Jean Anderson

Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

Keith Anderson

Assistant Purser

Maidie Andrews

Christening Lady (uncredited)

Roger Avon

Lookout Reginald Lee

Denise Aylmer

Older Sharp-Featured Woman with Black Curly Hair

Richard Beale

Harbor Pilot (uncredited)

Charles Belchier

Wallace Hartley - Orchestra Leader

Joan Benham

Lottie (uncredited)

Janet Bradbury

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Douglas Bradley-Smith

Head Waiter (uncredited)

Olwen Brookes

Miss Evans (uncredited)

Jeremy Bulloch

Boy Jumping Into Water (uncredited)

Peter Burton

1st Class Steward (uncredited)

Henry Campbell

W.T. Stead (uncredited)

Pauline Challoner

Lucas Child (uncredited)

Pauline Chamberlain

Wife (uncredited)

Alexis Chesnakov

Passenger (uncredited)

Donald Churchill

Passenger (uncredited)

Sean Connery

Titanic Deck Hand (uncredited)

George A. Cooper

Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

Emerton Court

Chief Engineer Joseph Bell

John Dunbar

Scotsman (uncredited)

Gay Emma

Lucas Child (uncredited)

Bernard Fox

Lookout Frederick Fleet

Peter Grant

Titanic Crew Member (uncredited)

Rosamund Greenwood

Mrs. Bull - Woman on Train (uncredited)

Jonathan Hanson

Hysterical Man (uncredited)

Paul Hardwick

Guggenheim's Valet (uncredited)

Gladys Henson

Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Carmen Hill

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Arthur Hosking

Purser Hugh McElroy (uncredited)

Glyn Houston

Stoker (uncredited)

Robert James

Engineer (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)

Jeremy Judge

Minor Role (uncredited)

Andrew Keir

2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh

Ann Lancaster

Mrs. Bull - Woman on Train (uncredited)

Howard Lang

Chief Officer Henry Wilde - Titanic

Gerald Lawson

Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

Michael Lees

Man With Souvenir Piece of Ice (uncredited)

Charles Leno

Seaman (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)

Arthur Lovegrove

Stoker (uncredited)

Stephen Lowe

Tom Lucas (uncredited)

Clive Marshall

Crew Member (uncredited)

Allan McClelland

Lottie's Husband (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Tom Naylor

Man in Dressing Gown (uncredited)

Derren Nesbitt

Stoker Holding Oar on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)

Etain O'Dell

Stewardess (uncredited)

Maureen O'Reilly

Lottie (uncredited)

Hal Osmond

Steward (uncredited)

Anthony Pendrell

Passenger (uncredited)

Steve Plytas

Greek Steerage Passenger Arguing with James Kieran (uncredited)

Robert Raglan

Carpathia Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Mavis Ranson

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

John Richardson

Valet (uncredited)

Joyce Riley

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

George Roderick

Steward (uncredited)

Alan Rolfe

Carpenter (uncredited)

Norman Rossington

James Kieran - Titanic Chief Steerage Steward (uncredited)

Grace Denbigh Russell

Woman (uncredited)

Hennie Scott

Titanic Crewman (uncredited)

Robert Scroggins

Titanic Bellboy (uncredited)

Richard Shaw

Crewman (uncredited)

Charles Stapley

Passenger (uncredited)

Jack Stewart

Stoker (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Stewardess (uncredited)

James Sutherland

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Dudley Sutton

Lookout (uncredited)

Alma Taylor

Old Lady (uncredited)

Larry Taylor

Seaman (uncredited)

Teresa Thorne

Miss Edith Russell (uncredited)

The Blake Twins

Titanic Passengers (uncredited)

Stuart Wagstaff

Titanic Steward (uncredited)

John Warren

Titanic Crewman (uncredited)

Russell Waters

Chief Clerk - Victualling Department (uncredited)

Joey White

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Gordon Whiting

Clerk - Victualling Department (uncredited)

Kathleen Williams

Titanic Passenger (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Irene Worth sought a role in this film

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This is the last Titanic film to be made exclusively in the United Kingdom, the birthplace of the real Titanic. S.O.S. Titanic (1979) did film in the UK (at Shepperton Studios, The Waldorf Hotel), but also filmed in the United States aboard the (former British) RMS Queen Mary. Titanic (2012) written by British screenwriter Julian Fellowes, features a British cast but was filmed in Hungary.

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Laurence Naismith and Michael Goodliffe (who here share three scenes together), would later appear in two separate James Bond films. Naismith in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Goodliffe in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). While Honor Blackman and Desmond Llewelyn (who here share no scenes together), would later appear in the third James Bond film Goldfinger (1964) (again sharing no scenes), Blackman as Pussy Galore, and Llewelyn as 'Q' (his second appearance). And finally, Kenneth More would later be considered for a role in the eighth James Bond film, Live and Let Die (1973), replacing an ill Bernard Lee in the role of M.

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Goofs

Toward the end when Mr. Lightoller climbs on the overturned lifeboat and helps others on the boat it doesn't move. Any floating boat would have but this was obviously fixed on a pedestal for filming purposes.

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The film is set in 1912, yet a passenger on deck in a life jacket clearly has a 1950s (Tommy Steele) style haircut.

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The priest in the opening scenes has his Biretta - his hat - on wrong. It is turned 180 degrees. There are three tabs and the middle one should be on the right of the head and the blank space for the missing tab should be on the left side of the head.

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Quotes

Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall: [peering through his binoculars as he and Rowe are desperately trying to contact the "Californian" through rockets and the morse lamp] Maybe someone tried to signal, but I can't make any sense out of it.

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Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller: [as Lightoller is preparing to leave for the voyage] Do you think they'll promote you to First Officer after this trip, Bertie?

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Captain Edward J. Smith: [enters the wireless cabin as the ship's end is nearing, to give Phillips and Bride a final order] It's time to go now, Phillips. You've done your duty. You can do no more. Abandon your cabin, it's everyone for himself. Look after yourselves now. I release you both. God bless you.

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Faq

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Is 'A Night to Remember' based on a book?

The film was adapted by British author Eric Ambler from A Night to Remember (1955), a non-fiction account of the ill-fated 1912 maiden voyage of RMS Titanic by American author Walter Lord.

What is a 'growler'?

The night watch crew is warned to watch for small ice and 'growlers'. A growler is a small iceberg with very little showing above the water. A growler can prove to be a navigational hazard to ships, since only one-ninth of the iceberg's volume is actually seen above the water. A photo of the iceberg/growler that was suspected of sinking the Titanic can be seen here.

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