The Moonraker
1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has already spirited away many Royalists. Dawlish travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape, where he meets Anne Wyndham, the fiancée of a top Roundhead colonel.
Direction David MacDonald
Cast George Baker · Sylvia Syms · Marius Goring · Peter Arne · Clive Morton · Gary Raymond · Richard Leech · Iris Russell · Michael Anderson Jr. · Paul Whitsun-Jones · John Le Mesurier · Patrick Troughton
Soundtrack Laurie Johnson
Screenplay Robert Hall · Wilfred Eades · Alistair Bell · Arthur Watkin
Cinematography Mutz Greenbaum
Original title The Moonraker
5.1
23 votes (FilmAffinity)
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