A Night to Remember (1958 film)

A Night to Remember is a 1958 British drama film adaptation of Walter Lords book A Night to Remember 1955, recounting the final night of the RMS Titanic. It was adapted by Eric Ambler and directed by Roy Ward Baker. The film starred Kenneth More and features Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe and Laurence Naismith. It was filmed in the United Kingdom. The production team, supervised by producer William MacQuitty, used blueprints of the ship to create the sets accurately, while Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall and exCunard Commodore Harry Grattidge both worked as technical advisors on the film.

The Titanic was the largest vessel afloat, and was widely believed to be unsinkable. Her passengers included the cream of American and British society. The story of her sinking is told from the point of view of her passengers and crew, principally Second Officer Charles Lightoller Kenneth More.Once in the open sea on her maiden voyage, the ship receives a number of ice warnings from a nearby steamer, the SSCalifornian. Only one of the messages is relayed to Captain Edward J. Smith Laurence Naismith, who orders a lookout but because of nearly universal faith in the ships indestructibility does not slow the ship or consider an alternate route. ........

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