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Director:
Roy Boulting
Writers:
C.S. Forester (novel)
Valentine Davies (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 June 1953 (UK) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Plot:
A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Naval War Drama with interesting ending more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jeffrey Hunter ... Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
Michael Rennie ... Lt. Richard Saville
Wendy Hiller ... Lucinda Bentley
Bernard Lee ... Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Peter van Eyck ... German Warship Kapitan (as Peter Van Eyck)
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'
James Copeland ... Cdr. Laughton
Nicholas Bruce ... Korvetten-kapitan Hesse
Sam Kydd ... Sailor with 'Misery' and 'Canada' on Deck
Martin Boddey ... German Officer
Robert Dean ... Communications Officer
James Drake ... Navigator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Brown on Resolution (UK) (working title)
C.S. Forester's Sailor of the King (USA) (complete title)
Sailor of the King (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16141)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The plot of the film is taken from C. S. Foresters 1929 book "Brown on Resolution". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the Essen's main guns fire on Brown at the Resolution inlet, three guns per turret are visible, but when the Essen is seen sinking after the final battle with the British task force, only 2 guns per turret are visible. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Brown on Resolution (1935) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Naval War Drama with interesting ending, 15 April 2001
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Author: John Reddington from Midwest United States

Excellent British naval war movie with Jeffrey Hunter. There are few movies of this type --as this is centered on sea action. I think of the movie "Pursuit of the Graf Spree" when watching this movie. This movie takes awhile to get going but is worth the wait.

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