Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King (1953)

Genres - Drama, War  |   Sub-Genres - War Drama  |   Release Date - Jun 11, 1953 (USA - Unknown), Jun 11, 1953 (USA)  |   Run Time - 85 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Jeffrey Hunter plays a young British sailor, the out-of-wedlock son of a high-ranking naval officer (Michael Rennie). Hunter's ship is torpedoed, leaving him stranded on a German-occupied island. Armed with only a rifle, Hunter is able to shoot at a German cruiser docked for repairs, and to slow down its departure. The British Navy then moves in and sinks the ship. Hunter is decorated for valor by the squadron commander--his own father. Though set during World War II, Sailor of the King was adapted from C. S. Forester's World War I novel Brown on Resolution (previously filmed in 1935, with John Mills in the lead). This 1953 20th Century-Fox production was released in Britain as Single Handed.

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war, attack, boating, Britain, challenge, commander, estrangement, father, fleet, generation-gap, Germany, help, island, island-deserted, officer, sailor, shipwreck, stranded, survivor