Sailor of the King (1953)
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.
- Released
- 1953-06-11
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Roy Boulting
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 8 votes
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)
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