1941년, 영국 해군은 독일의 유보트와 레이더가 수송로를 장악하는 바람에 군수품을 전달받지 못해 어려움을 겪는다. 그해 5월, 영국 정보국은 독일 비스마르크호가 북대서양으로 출항하려고 한다는 정보를 입수하고 조나단 셰퍼드 함장(케네스 무어 분)에게 비스마르크호를 격침시키라는 임무를 내린다. 아내와 함정을 잃은 상실감으로 괴로워하던 셰퍼드 함장은 새로운 임무를 맡고 최선을 다하기로 결심한다. 또한 대적할 인물이 예전에 자신의 함정을 파괴한 독일 해독이라는 사실을 알고는 이번엔 반드시 이길 거라 각오를 다진다. 영국은 대서양의 해군력을 총동원하여 비스마르크호의 출항을 저지하려 온힘을 쏟아 붓는다. 전함과 순양함 등 가용 가능한 전력을 집결시키고 철통같은 레이다망을 동원하여 비스마르크호의 항로를 추적한다. 몇 번의 교전으로 영국군 거함 후드호를 격침하고 순양함들에 막대한 피해를 입힌 비스마르크호는 영국군을 더욱 긴장시키고 이들은 어떻게 해서든지 비스마르크호를 막기 위해 안간힘을 쓰는데...
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Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)
Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'
Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'
Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla
John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Thomas Waldron Price
Flag Lieutenant to First Sea Lord
에드워드 R. 머로
Himself - Edward R. Murrow
John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)
George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)
Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)
Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Petty Officer on Phone (uncredited)
Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)
Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)
John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)