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Sailor of the King [Sensormatic]

Actor(s): Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller, Jeffrey Hunter, Bernard Lee, Peter Van Eyck
Director(s): Roy Boulting

Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Movie Release: 1953
DVD Release: 04/24/2007
Format: DVD - Color
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 23 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Members Wishing: 4
Genres: War Drama

DVD Synopsis

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, All Movie Guide

Actors

Michael Rennie - Capt. Richard Saville
Wendy Hiller - Lucinda Bentley
Jeffrey Hunter - Leading Signalman Andrew "Buster" Brown
Bernard Lee - Petty Officer Wheatley
Peter Van Eyck - Kapitan von Falk