Sailor of the King (1953)
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Jeffrey Hunter plays a young British sailor, the out-of-wedlock son of a high-ranking naval officer (Michael Rennie). Hunter's ship is torpedoed, leaving him stranded on a German-occupied island. Armed with only a rifle, Hunter is able to shoot at a German cruiser docked for repairs, and to slow… More Jeffrey Hunter plays a young British sailor, the out-of-wedlock son of a high-ranking naval officer (Michael Rennie). Hunter's ship is torpedoed, leaving him stranded on a German-occupied island. Armed with only a rifle, Hunter is able to shoot at a German cruiser docked for repairs, and to slow down its departure. The British Navy then moves in and sinks the ship. Hunter is decorated for valor by the squadron commander--his own father. Though set during World War II, Sailor of the King was adapted from C. S. Forester's World War I novel Brown on Resolution (previously filmed in 1935, with John Mills in the lead). This 1953 20th Century-Fox production was released in Britain as Single Handed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Boulting
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
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Cast
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Michael Rennie
as Capt. Richard Saville
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Wendy Hiller
as Lucinda Bentley
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Jeffrey Hunter
as Leading Signalman Andrew "Buster" Brown
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Bernard Lee
as Petty Officer Wheatley
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Peter van Eyck
as Kapitan von Falk
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Patrick Barr
as Capt. Ashley
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John Horsley
as Cmdr. Willis
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Robin Bailey
as Lt. Stafford
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James Copeland
as Cmdr. Laughton
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Victor Maddern
as Signalman "Misery" Earnshaw
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Sam Kydd
as Naval Rating
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Nicholas Bruce
as Hesse
- Martin Boddey
- Robert Dean
- Guido Lorraine
- Derek Prentice
- Lockwood West
- John Schlesinger
- James Drake
