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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
Themes
- world war ii
- black and white
- german cruiser
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
684 votes
- Year
- 1953
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 699897
- Image
- FungusRock.JPG
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- Commons category
- Single-Handed (1953 film)
- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- title
- Single-Handed
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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. ForesterFilms directed by Roy BoultingFilms scored by Clifton ParkerFilms set in LondonFilms set in the 1910sFilms set in the 1940sFilms set on the United Kingdom home front during World War IPacific War filmsRemakes of British filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date