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Sailor of the King(Movie, 1953)

1h 23min | Genres: Action, Drama, War
Sailor of the KingRating: 3.2/5 (with 22 votes)
Single-Handed is a 1953 British war film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie and Wendy Hiller. It is based on the 1929 novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester. Set largely in the Pacific, Hunter stars as a Canadian sailor serving on a British warship who battles single-handedly to delay a German World War II warship long enough for the Royal Navy to bring it to battle. The film was released in the United States as Sailor of the King. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios near London and on location in the Mediterranean around Malta. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky An earlier 1935 film Forever England was based on the same novel and starred John Mills under Walter Forde's direction. ()
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About Sailor of the King

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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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Shot in: Malta
Plays in: England
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 06/11/1953
Director: Roy Boulting
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Screenwriter: C. S. Forester
Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor
Composer: Clifton Parker
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Single-Handed"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:119312, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024