The Moonraker
1958 · ★ 7.2 · Dir. David MacDonald
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.
- Released
- 1958-08-02
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Language
- EN
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George Baker
Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
Sylvia Syms
Anne Wyndham
Marius Goring
Colonel John Beaumont
Peter Arne
Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
Clive Morton
Lord Harcourt
Gary Raymond
Charles Stuart
Richard Leech
Henry Strangeways
Iris Russell
Judith Strangeways
Michael Anderson Jr.
Martin Strangeways
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Parfitt
John Le Mesurier
Cromwell
Patrick Troughton
Captain Wilcox
Keywords
SwashbucklerBased on play or musical17th centuryEnglish civil warOliver cromwellHighwaymanCharles ii
