The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
Mr. Clarke
Maj. Arthur Peuchen
Mrs. Liz Lucas
Capt. Arthur Rostron
Mr. Murphy
Mrs. Clarke
Mrs. Sylvia Lightoller
Thomas Andrews
Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips
Lady Richard
Chairman J. Bruce Ismay
First Officer William Murdoch
Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam
Robbie Lucas
Mr. Yates
Capt. Edward John Smith
Capt. Stanley Lord
Mr. Hoyle
Chief Baker Charles Joughin
Dr. William O'Loughlin
Sir Richard
Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
Wireless Operator Cyril Evans
Sixth Officer James Moody
Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe
Mrs. Farrell
Benjamin Guggenheim
3rd Officer - Carpathia
Victualling Officer
Steward
2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh
Dining Saloon Steward
Reverend Anderson
Mr. Bull - Man on Train
Third Officer Charles Groves
Mr. Isador Straus
Seaman at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
Stewardess (uncredited)
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Steward James Kiernan
1st Class Steward (uncredited)
Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
Lookout Frederick Fleet (uncredited)
Stoker (uncredited)
Crewman on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)
Steward at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
Passenger (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Passenger on deck (uncredited)
Lookout (uncredited)
Steward (uncredited)
1st Class Passenger (uncredited)
Lifeboat passenger (uncredited)
Passenger calling for Eileen (uncredited)
Passenger who Jumps in the Sea (uncredited)
Man with Souvenir Piece of Ice (uncredited)
Stoker Holding Oar on Upturned Lifeboat (uncredited)
Titanic Passenger (uncredited)
Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Boy Jumping into Water (uncredited)
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
Stoker (uncredited)
Lottie (uncredited)
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
Crewman (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Deckhand (uncredited)
Mrs Bull (uncredited)
old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
Stoker Barrett (uncredited)
Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)
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