Single-Handed

"The greatest story of the sea by today's greatest storyteller !"

Jun 11 1953 Approved 1h 23m
Action, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

The HMS Aylesbury is sunk by the the German raider Essen. Only two men survive and are rescued by the damaged German ship. When the Germans make for an isolated harbour to repair the damage the suffered during the fight one of the men decides he must do all he can to delay the repairs and give the Royal Navy time to locate and destroy the ship.

Written by

C.S. Forester, Valentine Davies

Directed by

Roy Boulting

Cast

Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
837
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA