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The Gift Horse

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Director: Compton Bennett

Cast: Dora Bryan, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard

HMS Ballantrae is an ageing battleship known as ‘Gift Horse’. Brought out of retirement during the Second World War, she is assigned with the job of leading an attack on an important enemy base. Although the crew are initially sceptical about ‘Gift Horse’ and its capabilities, they must fight as best they can to triumph.

Genre: War

Year: 1952

Running time: 99 minutes

Territory: UK and Ireland

Studio: StudioCanal

HMS Ballantrae is an ageing battleship known as ‘Gift Horse’. Brought out of retirement during the Second World War, she is assigned with the job of leading an attack on an important enemy base. Although the crew are initially sceptical about ‘Gift Horse’ and its capabilities, they must fight as best they can to triumph.




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