A Night to Remember 1958

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 121 min

genre: historical

theme: disaster

director: Roy Ward Baker

Score: 6 / 10

A Night to Remember is a 1958 British historical disaster film, directed by Roy Ward Baker. Its screenplay by Eric Ambler was based on the 1955 book by Walter Lord, depicting the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912, after it struck an iceberg. The film recounts the events of that night in a documentary-style fashion in considerable detail. It stars Kenneth More as the ship's Second Officer Charles Lightoller and features Michael Goodliffe, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum and Tucker McGuire.

Plot

In 1912, the luxurious Titanic is the largest vessel afloat, widely believed to be unsinkable. On 10 April, Titanic sails from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. On 14 April, in the Atlantic, the ship receives a number of ice warnings from steamers, which are relayed to Captain Edward Smith, who orders a lookout. That evening, the spots floating ice in the distance and tries to send a telegraph message to Titanic. On Titanic, first class passengers Sir Richard and Lady Richard, and second class passengers the Clarkes, a young newlywed couple, overhear the band, led by Wallace Hartley, play various songs, while steerage passengers Pat Murphy, Martin Gallagher, and James Farrel enjoy a party in third class, where Murphy becomes attracted to a young Polish girl and dances with her.

Cast

More details

author	Eric Ambler Joseph Boxhall Walter Lord
contentLocation	Atlantic Ocean
director	Roy Ward Baker
events	sinking of the RMS Titanic Titanic
genre	adventure drama historical
keywords	abandon ship an iceberg archibald gracie iv arthur rostron bridge charles joughin charles lightoller colonel archibald gracie dead body distress call distress signal edward smith even fall first class floating ice freeze go down with his ship grand staircase grand staircase of the rms titanic harold bride how to hypothermia iceberg that sank the titanic ida ida straus isidor straus j. bruce ismay jack phillips kill lifeboat newlywed open smoke the captain goes down with the ship thomas andrews titanic navigation bridge turn wallace hartley warn white star line wife and child william mcmaster murdoch
musicBy	William Alwyn
producer	William MacQuitty
publisher	The Rank Organisation
recordedAt	Pinewood Studios
theme	disaster docudrama survival