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ACTION

DRAMA

ROMANCE

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the unsinkable Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

name	character
Brian Aherne	Capt. Edward John Smith
Richard Basehart	George S. Headley
Frances Bergen	Madeleine Astor
Hamilton Camp	Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Harper Carter	Norman Sturges (uncredited)
Audrey Dalton	Annette Sturges
William Johnstone	John Jacob Astor
Allyn Joslyn	Earl Meeker
Mae Marsh	Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)
Frank McLure	Lifeboat Survivor (uncredited)
Michael Rennie	End Narrator (Voice)
Thelma Ritter	Maude Young
Barbara Stanwyck	Julia Sturges
Bert Stevens	Passenger (uncredited)
James Todd	Sandy Comstock
Robert Wagner	Gifford "Giff" Rogers
Clifton Webb	Richard Ward Sturges

name
Charles Brackett	screenplay, producer
Richard L. Breen	screenplay
Sol Kaplan	composer
Jean Negulesco	director
Walter Reisch	screenplay

year	award	category	name
1953	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Charles Brackett
1953	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Richard L. Breen
1953	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Walter Reisch