Single-Handed
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7.0A 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.
Released: 1953-06-1183 minDir: Roy BoultingAction, Drama, War
Cast
- Jeffrey Hunter as Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
- Michael Rennie as Lt. Richard Saville
- Wendy Hiller as Lucinda Bentley
- Bernard Lee as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
- Victor Maddern as Signalman Willy Earnshaw
- John Horsley as Commander John Willis
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Roy Boulting
- Screenwriter
- C. S. Forester
- Cast member
- Victor Maddern
- Composer
- Clifton Parker
- Producer
- Frank McCarthy
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Categories
1953 British films1953 English-language films1953 films1953 war films20th Century Fox filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish war filmsEnglish-language war filmsFilms about the Royal Navy in World War IIFilms based on British novelsFilms based on military novelsFilms based on works by C. S. Forester