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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.
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Cast
- Jeffrey HunterSignalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown
- Michael RennieLt. Richard Saville
- Wendy HillerLucinda Bentley
- Bernard LeePetty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
- Victor MaddernSignalman Willy Earnshaw
- John HorsleyCommander John Willis
- Patrick BarrCaptain Tom Ashley, HMS Amesbury
- Robin BaileyLieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford
- James DrakeNavigator (uncredited)
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- Roy BoultingDirector
- Valentine DaviesWriter
- C. S. ForesterNovel
- Gilbert TaylorDirector of Photography
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
- Alan OsbistonEditor
- Frank McCarthyProducer
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