Login

Sailor of the King

WWII adventure adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester. 1940: a vital British convoy is crossing the Pacific, escorted by a cruiser squadron under the command of Captain Richard Saville (Michael Rennie). When a powerful German raider, the Essen, is sighted in the area, Seville despatches his cruisers to attack and destroy the Nazi warship before it can decimate the convoy. The resulting sea battle is brutal and devastating for both sides. When the badly damaged German raider slips into a tropical lagoon for repairs, an escaped Canadian POW (Jeffrey Hunter) makes a desperate bid for freedom. Armed only with raw courage and a sniper rifle, he must pin down the entire warship and its crew in the lagoon until the British fleet arrives. As Saville leads his squadron in a desperate race against time to find and destroy the Essen, neither man has any idea of the strange of twist of fate that connects them both.

Year: 1953
Genre: War and Anti-War Films, Classic Drama, Action, Classic Cinema
Country: USA, UK
Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller
Duration: 83 Minutes
Rating: PG - Violence
7/10
Location in store: War

AVAILABILITY

DVD AVAILABLE NOW!

Permanent Collection

For in-store pickup reservations please call 03 3650 615

ALICE ALSO SUGGESTS:

They Were Expendable (1945)

One of the finest of all World War II films, based on the true story of America's P.T. boat Squadron...

Crash Dive (1943)

In this thrilling, Academy Award-winning WWII drama (Best Special Effects, 1943), Tyrone Power plays...