Sailor of the King
movie
The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !
Released June 11, 1953
Overview
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.
Cast
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)
Crew
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Roy Boulting
as
Director
Valentine Davies
as
Writer
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Ken Ritchie
as
Boom Operator
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Reg Pope
as
Clapper Loader
C. S. Forester
as
Novel
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Muir Mathieson
as
Music Director
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Clifton Parker
as
Original Music Composer
Gilbert Taylor
as
Director of Photography
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Alex Vetchinsky
as
Art Direction
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Alan Osbiston
as
Editor
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Buster Ambler
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Sound Recordist
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Red Law
as
Sound Recordist