Single-handed (Original title)Brown on Resolution (Alternative title)Sailor of the Sea (Alternative title)Sailor of the King (Alternative title)Able Seaman Brown (Alternative title)
Dates: 1953 (Copyright), 28 May 1953 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting
Synopsis: Story of a seaman's heroic sacrifice to encompass sinking of German raider of last war.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Royal Navy
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7599 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6764 22 May 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v192 n3 18 Jul 1953 Page: 1917
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v192 n3 18 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n234 July 1953 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n234 July 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cine-Technician v19 n105 September 1953 Page: 115
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n105 September 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v104 n13 20 Jul 1953 Page: 10
Title: [The Film Daily - v104 n13 20 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2396 28 May 1953 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2396 28 May 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Jun 1953
Title: [Variety - 24 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v125 n12 13 Jul 1953
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v125 n12 13 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v188 n12 20 Sep 1952 Page: 38
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v188 n12 20 Sep 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema nSpecial September 1952 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - nSpecial September 1952: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3045 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-155469
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 8 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-1042001
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1953 (Copyright), 28 May 1953 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting
Synopsis: Story of a seaman's heroic sacrifice to encompass sinking of German raider of last war.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Royal Navy
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7599 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(34)
©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Produced and Released by: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Produced by: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd, Frank McCarthy, [Production Manager]: Jack Swinburne, [Production Supervisor]: Freddie Fox, R.E. Dearing, [Assistant Director (1st)]: Bluey Hill, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Eddie Pike, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: John Draper, [Continuity]: Doreen Francis, Screen Play by: Valentine Davies, Based on the novel 'Brown on Resolution': C.S. Forester, Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, [Camera Operator]: Dudley Lovell, [Clapper Loader]: Reg Pope, [Focus Fuller]: Paul Wilson, [Stills]: Ken Danvers, Film Editor: Alan Osbiston, [Assistant Editor]: Geoffrey Botterill, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: V. Greenham, Anthony Harvey, Art Director: Alec Vetchinsky, [Assistant Art Director]: David Morrison, Music Composed by: Clifton Parker, Musical Director: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler, Red Law, Sound System: Western Electric, [Dubbing Editor]: Jack Slade, Naval Technical Adviser: Commander R.S. Abram, Thanked in credits: British Mediterranean Fleet, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(25)
Jeffrey Hunter (Leading Signalman Andrew Brown), Michael Rennie (Captain Richard Saville), Wendy Hiller (Lucinda Bentley), Bernard Lee (Stoker Petty Officer Wheatley), Peter Van Eyck (Kapitan von Falk), Victor Maddern (Signalman Earnshaw), John Horsley (Commander John Willis), Patrick Barr (Captain Ashley), Robin Bailey (Lieutenant Stafford), Officers and Men of H.m.s. Manxman, Officers and Men of H.m.s. Cleopatra, Officers and Men of H.m.s. Glasgow (.), James Copeland ([Commander Laughton]), Sam Kydd ([naval rating]), Nicholas Bruce ([Hesse]), Martin Boddey, Guido Lorraine ([German officer]), Lockwood West ([Lieutenant Marsh]), James Drake ([navigator]), Robert Dean ([communications officer]), John Schlesinger ([German guard]), Derek Prentice ([German orderly]), Joan Hickson ([hotel landlady]), Ian Wilson ([waiter]), Lowell Gilmore ([emissary of the king - US prints only])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(11)
In: Today's Cinema v80 n6764 22 May 1953 Page: 6Title: [Today's Cinema - v80 n6764 22 May 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v192 n3 18 Jul 1953 Page: 1917
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v192 n3 18 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n234 July 1953 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n234 July 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cine-Technician v19 n105 September 1953 Page: 115
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n105 September 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v104 n13 20 Jul 1953 Page: 10
Title: [The Film Daily - v104 n13 20 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2396 28 May 1953 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2396 28 May 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Jun 1953
Title: [Variety - 24 Jun 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v125 n12 13 Jul 1953
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v125 n12 13 Jul 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v188 n12 20 Sep 1952 Page: 38
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v188 n12 20 Sep 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema nSpecial September 1952 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - nSpecial September 1952: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 3045 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-155469
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 8 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-1042001
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film