Sailor of the King
The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !
The HMS Aylesbury is sunk by the the German raider Essen. Only two men survive and are rescued by the damaged German ship. When the Germans make for an isolated harbour to repair the damage the suffered during the fight one of the men decides he must do all he can to delay the repairs and give the Royal Navy time to locate and destroy the ship.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter
Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
Michael Rennie
Lt. Richard Saville
Wendy Hiller
Lucinda Bentley
Bernard Lee
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Peter van Eyck
Kapitan von Falk
Victor Maddern
Signalman Willy 'Misery' Earnshaw
John Horsley
Cmdr. John Willis
Patrick Barr
Capt. Tom Ashley, HMS 'Amesbury'
Robin Bailey
Cdr. John Stafford - HMS 'Stratford'
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Officers and Men of H.M.S. Manxman
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Clifton Parker
Composer
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Gilbert Taylor
Cinematographer