Sailor of the King

The story

A 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.

Cast & crew

Jeffrey HunterSignalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown

Michael RennieLt. Richard Saville

Wendy HillerLucinda Bentley

Bernard LeePetty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

Victor MaddernSignalman Willy Earnshaw

John HorsleyCommander John Willis

Patrick BarrCaptain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury

Robin BaileyLieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford

James DrakeNavigator (uncredited)