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Sailor of the King

1953 · 83 min

A steady, old-fashioned war adventure with a stiff-upper-lip romance and a tense island standoff.

Directed by: Roy Boulting
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller

Tagline: The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Roy Boulting
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
survival
deception
family
love
Places: sea
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, drama, war
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Written by: Valentine Davies
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern, John Horsley, Patrick Barr, Robin Bailey
Music: Clifton Parker
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor
Runtime: 83 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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