---
title: 'Single-Handed (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Boulting'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/single-handed-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046267/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Single-Handed (1953)

1953 · 83 min · War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Sailor of the King is a 1953 British war film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie and Wendy Hiller. It is based on the 1929 novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester. The film is set largely in the Pacific, and Hunter stars as a Canadian sailor serving on a British warship who battles single-handedly to delay a German World War II warship long enough for the Royal Navy to bring it to battle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Boulting](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-boulting)
- **Screenplay:** [C. S. Forester](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-s-forester)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Clifton Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-parker)
- **Producer:** [Frank McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mccarthy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-taylor)

## Cast

- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [John Horsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-horsley)
- [Peter van Eyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-van-eyck)
- [Patrick Barr](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-barr)
- [Wendy Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-hiller)
- [Jeffrey Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-hunter)
- [Bernard Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lee)
- [Victor Maddern](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-maddern)

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