Sailor of the King
by Roy Boulting
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Actor: Bernard Lee, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy HillerDirector: Roy Boulting
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Editor: Alan Osbiston
Producer: Frank McCarthy
Writer: C.S. Forester
Writer: Valentine Davies
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Sailor of the King
DVD Review: Canadian Sailor wins the VC
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie was ok, but it wasn't stunning. The story is a bit long winded, about an ilegalimate son of a British Naval Officer and a British Woman concieved during WW1. The son is brought up by his mother in Canada and joins the Royal Navy during WW2. After being captured by the crew of a German Navy Ship, he escapes with a stolen rifle and single handly takes on the crew of the German Navy Ship, whilst they're trying to make repairs in the bay of an island. One thing I didn't like was they showed him escaping with a German K98 Mauser rifle, then when he's on the island, he's got a British Lee Enfield No 4 rifle, then he's got a German K98 Mauser rifle and so on. The propmaster for this movie didn't seem to know what he was doing or he thought the audience wouldn't notice??DVD Review: good action premise underwhelming execution
Summary: 2 Stars
Insufferably slow start concerning the WWI affair of the naval officer and the lady. Middle section picks up during WWII with the same officer now captain and introduces the Jeffrey Hunter signalman character. Finally we get to the action with the signalman aboard the German vessel where he heroically decides to slow up repairs. Although the cool premise carries the WWII portions, making them watchable, the whole movie botches the potential of that premise. The backstory is simply filler, not in any way motivating the choices of the poorly developed characters. Someone could remake this far better, first by eliminating the whole affair angle. DVD Review: good old war flik
Summary: 4 Stars
no blood or gore but good old action flik.if you like the older war movies this is a good oneDVD Review: Very good
Summary: 5 Stars
On time and as described.
I saw this when I was a boy. The action scenes stand up well but the love story is tedious.
DVD Review: Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this movie solely on the reviews and I am very glad that I did. Jeffery Hunter is very good as is the rest of the cast. The story line is very different for a WW2 movie. The war movies of this era are very well made and I hope we shall see more of them.
Description of Sailor of the King
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.System Requirements:Run Time: 83 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR UPC:?024543432951 Manufacturer No:?2243295Based on the WWI adventure novel Brown on Resolution by C.S. Forester, Sailor of the King is an enjoyable British-made war drama buoyed by its energetic star, Jeffrey Hunter, and an exciting and suspenseful premise. The picture opens on a slow note with British Navy captain Michael Rennie ending a tryst with English girl Wendy Hiller; years later, the product of that union is British-Canadian sailor Jeffrey Hunter, whose ship is dispatched to intercept a powerful German warship by now-Admiral Rennie. The ensuing fight sinks Hunter's ship and damages the German boat, but Hunter evades capture and hunkers down on the island where the Nazi captain (Peter Van Eyck) has docked for repairs; there he wages a one-man assault against the ship using only a rifle and his own skills. Roy Boulting's direction is crisp and assured, and the cast, especially the underappreciated Hunter (in his first leading role), is uniformly fine, which should make Sailor of the King a worthwhile discovery for WWII action fans. The DVD includes two endings--the original British release, which adds to the Rennie-Hiller relationship, and the pat American conclusion. -- Paul Gaita
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