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  • The Cruel Sea
  • The Cruel Sea review by from Wirral, Merseyside
    Rated - 5.0 stars Rewarding.and a wonderful homage to the WW2 Royal Navy Escort Service 31 March 2012
    ...nding officer who is both patient and critical when necessary. The other is John Stratton whose character of Ferraby is both carefully etched and compassionately extract...   Read customer review

John Stratton - filmography


  • The Challenge on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Jayne Mansfield,  Anthony Quayle,  Carl Möhner
    Director: John Gilling
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jayne Mansfield makes a departure from her usual roles to play tough girl Billy in this dark crime story. Set in London during the 1960s, the film casts Mansfield as the ringleader of a band of robbers. After a failed heist, her boyfriend, Jim (Anthony Quayle), is captured, but not before he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 17 members
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  • The Long Arm on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  John Stratton,  Dorothy Alison
    Director: Charles Frend
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A well-made police thriller which follows a Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent as he finds links between a recent robbery from a safe in a London office building and other similar crimes over the past two years. In every instance the make of the safe was the same.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 272 members
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  • The Cruel Sea on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Stanley Baker,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Charles Frend
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An excellent documentary style film about a British ship in the North Atlantic during World War II. The hardships, loneliness and dangers of the sea are faithfully recreated. Academy Award Nominations: Best Screenplay.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 3,482 members
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John Stratton facts

5 most recent films

Backs To The Land - Series 3 - 2.5 stars
Backs To The Land - Series 1 - Complete - 3.0 stars
The Challenge - 3.0 stars
Man In The Sky - 3.5 stars
The Long Arm - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Cruel Sea - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Long Arm - 3.5 stars
The Cruel Sea - 3.5 stars
Man In The Sky - 3.5 stars
Black Beauty - Series 1 - Complete - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Backs To The Land - Series 3 - 2.5 stars
Backs To The Land - Series 1 - Complete - 3.0 stars
The Challenge - 3.0 stars
Black Beauty - Series 1 - Complete - 3.5 stars
Man In The Sky - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jack Hawkins - 4 times - show films
Meredith Edwards - 3 times - show films
Moira Lister - 2 times - show films
Denholm Elliott - 2 times - show films
Philippa Howell - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Charles Frend - 3 times - show films
John Gilling - 2 times - show films
John Davies - 1 times - show films
John Reardon - 1 times - show films
Gerry Poulson - 1 times - show films