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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Roy Boulting
- Screenwriter
- C. S. Forester
- Cast member
- Victor Maddern
- Composer
- Clifton Parker
- Producer
- Frank McCarthy
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Gilbert Taylor
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Malta
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 699897
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- FungusRock.JPG
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- Commons category
- Single-Handed (1953 film)
- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- title
- Single-Handed
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
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