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Compton Bennett directed Gift Horse.

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·95 min

Gift Horse

Name: Gift Horse
Director: Compton Bennett
Genre: Adventure, War, Drama
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.579
Cast: Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Sonny Tufts, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee

Directed by Compton Bennett

AdventureWarDrama

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.