A Night to Remember (1958)

***A Night to Remember*** is a 1958 British docudrama film based on the eponymous 1955 book by Walter Lord. The film and book recount the final night of RMS *Titanic*, which on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and then sank in the early morning hours of Monday, 15 April 1912. Adapted by Eric Ambler and directed by Roy Ward Baker.

## Historical inaccuracies

### Missing important characters

* John Jacob Astor IV
* Madeleine Astor
* Leotine Pauline Aubart (Benjamin Guggenheim's mistress)
* Ellen Bird (Ida Straus' Maid)

## Shooting

* Filming was from October 15th, 1957 - March 5th, 1958.

## Cast

* Kenneth More - Second Officer Charles Lightoller
* Ronald Allen - Mr. Clark
* Robert Ayres - Major Arthur Peuchen
* Honor Blackman - Liz Lucas
* Anthony Bushell - Captain Arthur Rostron (Carpathia)
* John Cairney - Patrick Murphy
* Jill Dixon - Mrs. Clarke
* Jane Downs - Sylvia Lightoller
* James Dyrenforth - Colonel Archibald Gracie
* Michael Goodliffe - Thomas Andrews
* Kenneth Griffith - Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips
* Harriette Johns - Lady Richard
* Frank Lawton - Chairman J. Bruce Ismay
* Richard Leech - First Officer William Murdoch
* David McCallum - Assistant Wireless Operator Harold Bride
* Alec McCowen - Wireless Operator Harold Cottam (Carpathia)
* Tucker McGuire - Margaret "Molly" Brown
* John Merivale - Robbie Lucas
* Ralph Michael - Jay Yates
* Laurence Naismith - Captain Edward Smith
* Russell Napier - Captain Stanley Lord (Californian)
* Redmond Phillips - Mr. Hoyle
* George Rose - Chief Baker Charles Joughlin
* Joseph Tomelty - Doctor William O'Loughlin
* Patrick Waddington - Sir Richard
* Jack Watling - Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall
* Geoffrey Bayldon - Wireless Operator Cyril Evans (Californian)
* Michael Bryant - Sixth Officer James Moody
* Cyril Chamberlain - Quartermaster George Rowe
* Richard Clarke - Michael Gallagher
* Bee Duffell - Mrs. Farrell
* Harold Goldblatt - Benjamin Guggenheim
* Gerald Harper - Third Officer Eric Rees (Carpathia)
* Richard Hayward - Victualling Officer
* Thomas Heathcote - Smoking Room Steward
* Danuta Karell - Polish Mother
* Andrew Keir - 2nd Engineer Officer John Henry Hesketh
* Christina Lubicz - Polish Girl
* Barry MacGregor - Apprentice James Gibson (Californian)
* Edward Malin - Dining Saloon Steward (as Eddie Malin)
* Patrick McAlinney - Tom Farrell
* Helen Misener - Ida Straus
* Mary Monahan - Kate
* Howard Pays - 5th Officer Harold Lowe
* Philip Ray - Reverend Roger Brooke Taney Anderson
* Harold Siddons - Second Officer Herbert Stone (Californian)
* Julian Somers - Mr. Bull (Man on the Train)
* Tim Turner - Third Officer Charles Victor Groves (Californian)
* Meier Tzelniker - Isidor Straus

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* John Adams - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)
* Chris Adcock - Injured Stoker/Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* John Adderley - Crewman in Molly Brown's lifeboat
* Bart Allison - Drunken Steerage Passenger
* Andy Alston - Passenger at the stern
* Gerald Andereon - 1st Officer Horace J. Dean (Carpathia)
* Keith Anderson - Assistant Purser
* Frank Andrews - 1st Class Passenger (Lifeboat #1)
* Maidie Andrews - Christening Lady
* Mariquita Annis - 1st Class Passenger
* Michael Anthony - 1st Class Passenger
* Lawrence Archer - Dignitary at Launching
* Alicia Armstrong - 1st Class Passenger
* Jack Armstrong - 1st Class Passenger/1st Class Passenger (Dinning Saloon with moustache)
* Roger Avon - Lookout Reginald Lee
* Denise Aylmer - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)
* John Bailey - Passenger
* Redmond Bailey - Steerage Passenger
* Mickey Baker - Bellboy
* Lilian Barta - Workhouse Girl
* Bill Baskiville - Passenger
* Richard Beale - Harbor Pilot
* Alan Beaton - Passenger
* Helene Bevan - 1st Class Passenger
* Ann Beck - Passenger
* Hyma Beckley - Passenger
* Diana Beevers - Bridesmaid
* Charles Belchier - Wallace Hartley (Orchestra Leader)
* Natalie Benesch - Irene Harris
* Barbara Bennett - Steerage Passenger
* Pauline Bentley - 1st Class Passenger
* Paul Beradi - 1st Class Passenger
* Charlie Bird - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* David Birks - Stoker/Seaman at the Stern
* Diana Blackwood - Passenger with baby
* Janice and Jennifer Blake (Blake Twins) - Child Passenger in Edith Russell's lifeboat
* Ernest Blythe - Wedding Guest/1st Class Passenger
* Wallace Bosco - 1st Class Passenger
* Roger Bourne - 1st Class Passenger
* Eddie Boyce - Chef
* Peter Brace - Stoker
* Janet Bradbury - Passenger (Daughter)
* Douglas Bradley-Smith - Head Waiter
* Paddy Brannigan - Stoker on upturned lifeboat
* Olwen Brookes - Edith Evans
* Victor Brooks - Chief Officer George F. Stewart (Californian)
* Ken Buckle - Seaman/Stoker
* Margaret Bull - Caroline Lane Brown
* Janet Burnell - 1st Class Passenger
* Joy Burnett - Mary (Scotsman's wife)
* Robin Burns - 1st Class Passenger
* Peter Burton - Steward
* Maurice Bush - Seaman (Californian)
* Jimmy Cains - Victualling Clerk
* Ursula Camm - Passenger (Mother)
* Henry Campbell - William T. Stead
* Aza Caralova - Steerage Passenger
* Dennis Carnell - 3rd Officer Herbert Pitman
* Ted Carroll - Passenger
* Jack Carter - Reception Steward/Steerage Passenger/another Passenger
* Alf Casha - Waiter/Steerage Passenger
* Alan Casley - Steward Henry Samuel Etches
* Tony Castleton - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* Pauline Challoner - Ann Lucas
* Pamela Chamberlain - 1st Class Passenger/another Passenger
* Pauline Chamberlain - 1st Class Passenger (Reception Room)/1st Class Passenger on deck
* Alexis Chesnakov - Russian Steerage Passenger at the stern
* Donald Churchill - 1st Class Passenger
* Freddy Clark - Seaman/Passenger at the stern
* Ronald Clarke - Stoker with deck chairs
* Michael Collins - Crewman in Lifeboat that hears Lightoller's whistle
* Mike Connor - 1st Class Passenger
* Austin Cooper - Carpathia Steward
* George A Cooper - Carpathia Purser
* George Lane Cooper - Passenger
* Michael Corcoran - Lookout (Californian)
* Eric Corrie - Stoker who tries to steal life jacket
* Emerton Court - Chief Engineer Joseph Bell
* June Cowell - Workhouse Girl
* Harold Coyne - Steerage Passenger/2nd Class Passenger/Seaman
* Susan Crawford - Passenger at the stern
* Dan Cressy - Quartermaster Alfred John Olliver
* Bill Cummings - Stoker/Passenger in the water/Seaman at the stern
* Renee Cunliffe - 2nd Class Passenger/Steerage Passenger
* Jack Cunningham - Irish Priest
* George Curtis - Steward/Seaman
* K W Daglass - Steward
* Dan Darnelli - Card Player
* David Davenport - Bridge Officer (Carpathia)
* Leslie Davenport - Passenger/Passenger at the stern/Wedding Guest
* J Trevor Davis - 1st Class Passenger
* Aldwyn Francis Davies - Passenger / Passenger (with moustache)
* Brenda Dean - 1st Class Passenger
* Reggie de Beer - 1st Class Passenger
* Jack Dearlove - Wedding Guest/Steerage Passenger/Waiter/1st Class Passenger/2nd Class Passenger/1st Class Steward
* Arthur Dibbs - Richard's Butler/1st Class Passenger
* Pat Donahue - Steerage Passenger/Passenger (With Beard)
* Steve Donahue - Seaman/Stoker on upturned lifeboat
* Harry Drew - Dignitary at Launching
* Barry Du Boulay - Seaman
* Richard Duke - Footman
* John Dunbar - Scotsman (Mary's husband)
* Brenda Dunrich - 1st Class Passenger
* Marusa Elias - Passenger
* Gay Emma - Jennifer Lucas
* Gilda Emmanuelli - Young 1st Class Passenger
* Pat Enright - Passenger/Passenger without mustache
* Mabel Etherington - 1st Class Passenger
* Rupert Evans - Seaman/Seaman (with moustache)/Stunt Double for Robert Ayres
* William Everett - Steward
* Joyce Everson - Steerage Passenger
* Roy Everson - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)
* Grenville Eves - 2nd Engineer Officer Norman E. Harrison
* Anthony Faramus - 1st Class Passenger (survivor)
* Frederick Farley - Guardian
* Keith Faulkner - Edward Ryan
* Max Faulkner - 1st Class Steward
* Manfrid Felix - Hebrew Passenger at the stern
* Ernest Fennemore - Passenger/another passenger
* Lee Fenton - 1st Class Passenger/Passenger (with moustache)/2nd Class Passenger/Passenger (with beard)
* Norman Fisher - 1st Class Passenger in dinning saloon/1st Class Passenger at the Purser/another Passenger
* William Forbes - Drunken Steerage Passenger
* Anthony Ford - Passenger
* Helen Ford - Steerage Passenger (survivor at memorial service)/another Passenger
* Bernard Foreman - Seaman
* Bernard Fox - Lookout Frederick Fleet
* William Fox - 1st Class Passenger
* Edward Fowles - Wedding Guest/Passenger/1st Class Passenger/Passenger (with moustache)
* Irene French - Irish girl (Village)
* Otto Friese - Passenger
* Tex Fuller - Passenger removed from Lifeboat/Stoker on upturned lifeboat
* Rex Garner - Wine Waiter
* Carole Gehr - Workhouse Girl
* Charles Gilliard - Man in Street
* Alex Graham - Wedding Guest/Passenger at the stern
* Robert Gregory - Dignitary at Launching
* Howard Greene - Steward
* Muriel Greenslade - Wedding Guest/1st Class Passenger
* Joyce Gregg - Passenger at the stern
* Richard Gregory - 1st Class Passenger
* Arthur Gross - Quartermaster Robert Hichens
* Lucia Guillon - 1st Class Passenger
* Vic Hagan - Dignitary at Launching
* Fred Haggerty - Passenger
* Arthur Hall - 1st Class Passenger
* Pat Halpin - 1st Class Passenger
* Hilary Hamley - Workhouse Girl
* Charles Hammond - Steerage Passenger
* Jonathan Hanson - Hysterical Man
* Paul Hardwick - Victor Giglio
* Ronnie Harries - Seaman
* Aidan Harrington - Steward/3rd Class Steward/Stoker
* Victor Harrington - 1st Class Passenger
* Gordon Harris - 2nd Class Steward
* Irene Harrison - 1st Class Passenger
* Eileen Harvey - 1st Class Passenger
* Paddy Hayes - Stoker (kicking man)/Seaman
* Linda Hayne - Workhouse Girl
* John Hayward - Passenger who Jumps in the Sea
* Eric Henderson - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* Robert Henderson - Henry Harris
* Gladys Henson - Hysterical Woman
* Laurence Hepworth - Passenger
* Jack Hetherington - Passenger ejected from Lifeboat/Passenger (with moustache)
* Carmen Hill - 1st Class Passenger
* Hubert Hill - Electrician/Seaman
* Ian Hobbs - Jack Ryerson
* George Holdcroft - 1st Class Passenger
* Irene Hollis - Workhouse Girl
* Derek Holmes - Passenger/Seaman
* Mary-Lou Honour - Workhouse Girl
* Ned Hood - 1st Class Passenger
* Lindsay Hooper - Steerage Passenger/Electrician
* Arthur Hosking - Purser Hugh McElroy
* Glyn Houston - Stoker
* Frank Howard I - Seaman/Passenger being kicked
* Frank Howard II - Passenger/Steward
* Arthur Howell - Crewman
* Gordon Humphries - Irish Villager
* Alastair Hunter - Steerage Steward
* Prudence Hyman - Passenger
* Miki Iveria - Passenger
* Isolde James - 1st Class Passenger
* Robert James - Engineer
* Ann Jay - 1st Class Passenger
* Billy John - Dignitary at Launching/Passenger
* Barry Johns - Steerage Steward/Passenger/Waiter (with Moustache)/Waiter (without Moustache)
* Philip Johns - Stoker (Pump Attendant)
* Stratford Johns - Crewman on upturned lifeboat
* Daphne Jonason - Swedish Passenger at the Stern
* Gerry Judge - Reception Room Steward/Passenger
* Gertrude Kaye - 1st Class Passenger
* Frederick Kelsey - Dignitary at Launching/1st Class Passenger
* Cyril Kent - Victualling Clerk/1st Class Passenger
* Humphrey Kent - Bride's Father
* Doreen Keogh - Passenger who Jumps in the Sea
* John Ketteringham - Passenger
* Diana King - Passenger who refuses to enter the lifeboat
* Ann Lancaster - Mrs. Bull (Lady on the Train)
* James Land - Bellboy
* Anthony Lang - 1st Class Passenger/2nd Class Passenger
* Howard Lang - Chief Officer Henry Wilde
* John Langley - Boy 1st Class Passenger
* John Lawrence - Dignitary at Launching
* Gerald Lawson - Drunken Steerage Passenger
* Michael Lees - Man with Souvenir Piece of Ice
* Charles Leno - Leading Stoker Charles Osker Hendrickson
* Ken Lewington - Stoker/Passenger
* Aileen Lewis - Passenger in Lifeboat
* Fletcher Lightfoot - Passenger
* Frank Littlewood - 1st Class Passenger
* Desmond Llewelyn - Crewman at Steerage Gate
* Len Llewellyn - 1st Class Passenger
* Jimmy Lodge - Stoker/Passenger
* Arthur Lovegrove - Stoker
* Stephen Lowe - Tom Lucas
* Dickey Luck - Steward
* Molly Lumley - Passenger
* Martin Lyder - Steward
* Ned Lynch - Baker
* Fred Machon - Passenger
* Jack Mandeville - Seaman (survivor at memorial service)/Stand In for Kenneth More (Unused Footage)/Steerage Passenger
* Alf Mangan - Seaman/Steerage Passenger
* George Mansfield - 1st Class Passenger/Steerage Passenger
* Lil Mansfield - Passenger
* Vicky Marshall - Passenger
* Denis Martin - Stoker
* John Martin - Lost Boy
* Richard Martin - Waiter delivering bread to lifeboats
* Louis Matto - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Steward
* Mary Maxfield - 1st Class Passenger/Steerage Passenger at the stern
* Jack May - Steerage Passenger
* Theresa Maynard - Bridesmaid
* Arthur Mayne - Steerage Steward
* Allan McClelland - Lottie's Husband
* Donald McCollum - 1st Class Passenger
* Elizabeth McEwen - Groom's Mother
* Colin McKenzie - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* Lane Meddick - Stoker (Lifeboat #1 helmsman)
* Ronnie Meede - Lookout
* Pat Meehan - 1st Class Passenger/Seaman/Stoker/2nd Class Passenger
* Tony Mendleson - Blake, Officer's Steward/1st Class Passenger/Passenger at the stern
* Manny Michael - Passenger
* Jimmy Millar - Crewman/1st Class Passenger
* Norman Mitchell - 1st Class Passenger (Lifeboat #1)
* John More - 1st Class Passenger
* Philippa Morgan - 1st Class Passenger
* Lola Morice - Passenger in Lifeboat
* Jim Morris - Irish Villager
* Norman Morris - Quartermaster (Carpathia)/Steerage Passenger
* Bill Munt - Perkins (the Coachman)
* Peter Munt - Coachman
* Tom Naylor - 1st Class Passenger
* Pat Neal - Irish Woman/1st Class Passenger
* Richard Nellor - 1st Class Passenger/another Passenger
* Herbert Nelson - Victualling Clerk
* Derren Nesbitt - Stoker holding an oar on upturned lifeboat
* Fred Nicholas - Card Player
* Stuart Nicholl - Arthur Larned Ryerson
* Louise Nolan - Irish Mother/Passenger in Lifeboat
* Jim O'Brady - Crewman getting crushed by the dynamo
* Etain O'Dell - Stewardess
* Maureen O'Reilly - Lottie
* George Oliver - Stoker in Collapsible A
* Hal Osmond - Second Class Steward
* Edward Palmer - 1st Class Passenger
* John Payne - Quartermaster/Passenger
* Anthony Pendrell - Passenger
* Peter Perkins - Stoker on upturned lifeboat
* Toby Perkins - 1st Class Passenger
* Joe Phelps - Seaman/Electrician
* Paul Phillips - Steward
* Steve Plytas - Greek Steerage Passenger
* Audrey Pollitt - Maid
* Christine Pollon - Passenger in Lifeboat
* Roy Ponting - Assistant Purser/Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger/2nd Class Passenger
* Joe Powell - Stoker/Seaman
* Derek Prentice - 1st Class Passenger (Host)
* Ernie Priest - Passenger
* Robert Ragland - Chief Engineer Alexander Johnston (Carpathia)
* Gillian Raine - 1st Class Passenger
* Mavis Ranson - Young Steerage Passenger
* Edith Raye - Passenger
* Charles Rayford - Waiter/Passenger
* Barry Raymond - Passenger at the stern
* Bill Raymond - 1st Class Passenger
* Bob Raymond - Passenger
* Fred Real - Steward
* Ernie Rice - Steerage Passenger/another Passenger
* John Richardson - Valet
* Desmond Roberts - Walter Donald Douglas
* Alan Robinson - Chief Steward
* George Roderick - Steward
* Beth Rogan - 1st Class Passenger
* Alan Rolfe - Carpenter
* Bill Rooney - Bosun
* Peter Rosser - Card Player
* Johnny Rossi - Stoker/Seaman
* Norman Rossington - Steerage Steward
* Grace Denbigh Russell - Workhouse Guardian
* Harold Sanderson - Seaman
* Arthur Sandifer - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)/Steerage Steward (Collapsible C)
* Ernest Marcel Schock - Passenger
* Frank Schock - Passenger/Steerage Passenger
* Ray Schock - Steerage Passenger
* Arnold Schulkes - Wedding Guest/1st Class Passenger/Steerage Passenger
* Lesley Scoble - Young 1st Class Passenger
* Jimmy Scott - 1st Class Passenger
* Robert Scroggins - Bellboy
* Bunny Seaman - 1st Class Passenger
* Jack Sharp - 2nd Class Passenger/Seaman (survivor at memorial service)/Steerage Passenger
* Richard Shaw - Stoker at the stern
* Barry Shawzin - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)
* Jack Silk - Electrician/Passenger at the stern
* Jeff Silk - Electrician/1st Class Passenger/Passenger in the water
* Bob Simmons - Stoker
* Tony Spears - 1st Class Passenger
* George Spence - Passenger
* Guy Standeven - Passenger
* Charles Stapley - 1st Class Passenger
* Barry Steele - Dying Passenger
* Emile Stemmler - Steerage Passenger/Steward
* Charles Stevenson - Steerage Passenger
* Jack Stewart - Stoker
* Philip Stewart - 1st Class Passenger
* Marianne Stone - Stewardess
* Fred Stroud - Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* John Sullivan - Stoker (first jumper)/Passenger with fur coat on upturned lifeboat
* Dudley Sutton - Lookout
* Pat Symons - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)
* John Tatum - 1st Class Passenger
* Gareth Tandy - Boy Passenger
* Alma Taylor - 1st Class Passenger who leaves the lifeboat
* Jack Taylor - Crewman in lifeboat
* Larry Taylor - Bearded Seaman
* Siobhan Taylor - Child Passenger
* Reg Thomason - Seaman/Steward/Steerage Passenger/1st Class Passenger
* Teresa Thorne - Edith Russell
* Laura Thurlow - Passenger
* David Tilley - Bellboy
* Connie Tilton - Hysterical Woman (Fall scene)/Passenger in the water
* John Timberlake - Dignitary at Launching/Steerage Passenger
* Rita Tobin - 1st Class Passenger
* Graham Tonbridge - Passenger (survivor at memorial service)/Crewman
* Andrea Troubridge - Passenger in Lifeboat
* James Ure - 1st Class Passenger
* Harry Van Engel - Assistant Purser/Steerage Passenger
* Martin Voss - Steward/1st Class Passenger
* Joe Wadham - Quartermaster (Californian)/Stoker in Lowe's Lifeboat/Stoker on upturned lifeboat
* Stuart Wagstaff - 1st Class Passenger
* Margaret Walker - 1st Class Passenger
* Pearl Walters - 1st Class Passenger/another Passenger
* Dervis Ward - Steerage Steward
* Russell Waters - Chief Clerk Victualling Department
* Del Watson - Stoker
* Don Webb - 1st Class Passenger
* June West - Passenger
* Marjorie Weston - Bride's Mother
* Angela White - Young Steerage Passenger
* Bay White - Mahala Douglas
* Joey White - Young Steerage Passenger
* Gordon Whiting - Victualling Department Clerk
* John Wilder - Drunken Passenger
* Kathleen Williams - 1st Class Passenger
* Lynn Williams - Workhouse Girl/Young Steerage Passenger
* Roger Williams - 1st Class Passenger
* Billy Wilmot - 1st Class Passenger
* Ralph Wing - Steerage Passenger
* Charles Wood - Wedding Guest/Dignitary at Launching
* Victor Wood - Steward
* Fred Woods - Drowning Passenger
* Jenny Worth - Passenger at the stern
* Alfred Wright - Steerage Passenger
* Bob Wright - Steerage Passenger/another Passenger
* Paula Wright - Passenger
* Johnny Wyne - Passenger
* Terry Yorke - 1st Class Passenger
* Stanley Zevic - Steerage Passenger

## Link

* https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/A\_Night\_to\_Remember\_(1958\_film)
* https://moviedude.co.uk/[Film]%20A%20Night%20to%20Remember%20(1958).htm