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Roy Boulting's action drama stars Jeffrey Hunter as Canadian Andrew 'Canada' Brown, serving in the WW2 Royal Navy, who is taken prisoner by the German raider that sinks his ship. The ship then puts in for repairs and Brown delays the ship's departure by escaping and sniping at the sailors working on the vessel. With Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller and Bernard Lee. The film was shot with alternate endings, both of which will be shown.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1953) (3 Star)

Cast:

Jeffrey Hunter	.... Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
Michael Rennie	.... Lt Richard Saville
Peter van Eyck	.... German Warship Kapitan
Wendy Hiller	.... Lucinda Bentley
Bernard Lee	.... Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Victor Maddern	.... Signalman Willy 'Misery' Earnshaw

Supporting Cast:

Patrick Barr	.... Capt. Tom Ashley
Robin Bailey	.... Cdr. John Stafford
John Horsley	.... Cmdr. Willis
James Copeland	.... Cmdr. Laughton
Nicholas Bruce	.... Korvetten-kapitan Hesse
Sam Kydd
Martin Boddey
Robert Dean
James Drake

Directors:

Roy Boulting

Writers:

C.S. Forester
Valentine Davies