Sailor of the King

Roy Boulting
1953-06-11

The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !
7.2
83 min

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

Name Character Team
Jeffrey Hunter Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown Unowned
Michael Rennie Lt. Richard Saville Unowned
Wendy Hiller Lucinda Bentley Unowned
Bernard Lee Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley Unowned
Victor Maddern Signalman Willy Earnshaw Unowned
John Horsley Commander John Willis Unowned
Patrick Barr Captain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury Unowned
Robin Bailey Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford Unowned
James Drake Navigator (uncredited) Unowned