The Moonraker (1958)

6.9/10 • 82 min • Action Adventure Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

George Baker

Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker

Sylvia Syms

Marius Goring

Colonel John Beaumont

Peter Arne

Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

Clive Morton

Gary Raymond

Richard Leech

Henry Strangeways

Michael Anderson Jr.

Martin Strangeways

Paul Whitsun-Jones

John Le Mesurier

Patrick Troughton

Julian Somers

Patrick Waddington

George Woodbridge

Leslie Linder

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