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Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

Roy Boulting

1953

  • Action
  • Drama
  • War
7.0

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 & crew

  • Roy BoultingDirector
  • Jeffrey HunterSignalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
  • Michael RennieLt. Richard Saville
  • Wendy HillerLucinda Bentley
  • Bernard LeePetty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
  • Victor MaddernSignalman Willy Earnshaw
  • John HorsleyCommander John Willis
  • Patrick BarrCaptain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury
  • Robin BaileyLieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford

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