Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

83 mins | Drama, Action, War | June 11, 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.

Sailor of the King

83 mins | Drama, Action, War | June 11, 1953

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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Sailor of the King
Directors Roy Boulting
Writers Valentine Davies, C. S. Forester

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)