Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King (1953)

The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !

  • Genre: Action, Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1953-06-11
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Roy Boulting
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Summary

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way to slow the German's progress while a lethal hunt for him goes on.

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  • Jeffrey Hunter

    as Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
  • Michael Rennie

    as Lt. Richard Saville
  • Wendy Hiller

    as Lucinda Bentley
  • Bernard Lee

    as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
  • Victor Maddern

    as Signalman Willy Earnshaw
  • John Horsley

    as Commander John Willis
  • Patrick Barr

    as Captain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury
  • Robin Bailey

    as Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford
  • James Drake

    as Navigator (uncredited)
Directing Roy Boulting Director
Writing Valentine Davies Writer
Sound Ken Ritchie Boom Operator
Camera Reg Pope Clapper Loader
Writing C. S. Forester Novel
Sound Muir Mathieson Music Director
Sound Clifton Parker Original Music Composer
Camera Gilbert Taylor Director of Photography
Art Alex Vetchinsky Art Direction
Editing Alan Osbiston Editor
Sound Buster Ambler Sound Recordist
Sound Red Law Sound Recordist
Production Frank McCarthy Producer

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