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| Director: | Roy Boulting | 
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| Writer: | Valentine Davies, C. S. Forester | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 11, 1953 | 
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| Director: | Roy Boulting | 
| Writer: | Valentine Davies, C. S. Forester | 
| Genres: | Action, Drama, War | 
| Keywords | world war ii, german cruiser | 
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Hunter | Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown | 
| Michael Rennie | Lt. Richard Saville | 
| Wendy Hiller | Lucinda Bentley | 
| Bernard Lee | Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley | 
| Victor Maddern | Signalman Willy Earnshaw | 
| John Horsley | Commander John Willis | 
| Patrick Barr | Captain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury | 
| Robin Bailey | Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford | 
| James Drake | Navigator (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator | 
| Reg Pope | Clapper Loader | 
| Roy Boulting | Director | 
| Valentine Davies | Writer | 
| C. S. Forester | Novel | 
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director | 
| Clifton Parker | Original Music Composer | 
| Gilbert Taylor | Director of Photography | 
| Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction | 
| Alan Osbiston | Editor | 
| Buster Ambler | Sound Recordist | 
| Red Law | Sound Recordist | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Frank McCarthy | Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 
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| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 10 | 334 | 724 |