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'''''The Moonraker''''' is a British [[swashbuckler]] film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the [[English Civil War]]. It was directed by [[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]] and starred [[George Baker (actor)|George Baker]], [[Sylvia Syms]], [[Marius Goring]], [[Gary Raymond]], [[Peter Arne]], [[John Le Mesurier]] and [[Patrick Troughton]]. |
'''''The Moonraker''''' is a British [[swashbuckler]] film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the [[English Civil War]]. It was directed by [[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]] and starred [[George Baker (actor)|George Baker]], [[Sylvia Syms]], [[Marius Goring]], [[Gary Raymond]], [[Peter Arne]], [[John Le Mesurier]] and [[Patrick Troughton]].<ref>At Home with GEORGE BAKER: "The Moonraker" |
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Picture Show; London Vol. 71, Iss. 1855, (Oct 18, 1958): 2.</ref><ref>MOONRAKER, The |
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Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 62. </ref> |
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The film depicts a fictionalised account of the [[escape of Charles II]], arranged by a foppish [[Cavalier|royalist]] nobleman, the Earl of Dawlish, who leads a double life as a [[roundhead]]-baiting [[highwayman]] called The Moonraker, who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to [[France]]. |
The film depicts a fictionalised account of the [[escape of Charles II]], arranged by a foppish [[Cavalier|royalist]] nobleman, the Earl of Dawlish, who leads a double life as a [[roundhead]]-baiting [[highwayman]] called The Moonraker, who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to [[France]].<ref>THE MOONRAKER |
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Picture Show; London Vol. 71, Iss. 1845, (Aug 9, 1958): 9</ref> |
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The film was one of the last productions made by the [[Robert Clarke (executive)|Robert Clarke]] regime at [[Associated British-Pathe]]. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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* [[George Woodbridge (actor)|George Woodbridge]] as Captain Lowry |
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* [[Victor Brooks (actor)|Victor Brooks]] as Blacksmith |
* [[Victor Brooks (actor)|Victor Brooks]] as Blacksmith |
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==Production== |
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The film was shot at Boreham Wood with location filming at Dorset, Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. Sylvia Syms and Peter Arne were under long term contract to ABPC at the time.<ref>Round the British Studios |
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Nepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 70, Iss. 1814, (Jan 4, 1958): 11. </ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{IMDb title|0050724}} |
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*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0c32ee ''The Moonraker''] at BFI |
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*[https://letterboxd.com/film/the-moonraker/ ''The Moonraker''] at Letterbox DVD |
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Revision as of 02:11, 1 February 2019
| The Moonraker | |
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| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Written by | Robert Hall Wilfred Eades Alistair Bell |
| Produced by | Hamilton G. Inglis |
| Starring | George Baker Sylvia Syms Marius Goring |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
| Music by | Laurie Johnson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé |
Release date | 22 May 1958 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Moonraker is a British swashbuckler film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le Mesurier and Patrick Troughton.[1][2]
The film depicts a fictionalised account of the escape of Charles II, arranged by a foppish royalist nobleman, the Earl of Dawlish, who leads a double life as a roundhead-baiting highwayman called The Moonraker, who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to France.[3]
The film was one of the last productions made by the Robert Clarke regime at Associated British-Pathe.
Synopsis
After the Battle of Worcester at the end of the Second English Civil War, the main aim of General Oliver Cromwell (John Le Mesurier) is to capture Charles Stuart (Gary Raymond), son of the executed Charles I. However, the dashing Royalist hero nicknamed The Moonraker (George Baker) prepares to smuggle him to safety in France, under the noses of Cromwell's soldiers. According to the story, the hero is named after the smuggler term, Moonrakers, who were sometimes claimed to hide contraband in the village pond and to rake it out by moonlight.
Cast
- George Baker as the Moonraker, otherwise Anthony, Earl of Dawlish
- Sylvia Syms as Anne Wyndham
- Marius Goring as Colonel Beaumont
- Peter Arne as Edmund Tyler
- Clive Morton as Lord Harcourt
- Gary Raymond as Charles Stuart
- Richard Leech as Henry Strangeways
- Iris Russell as Judith Strangeways
- Michael Anderson Jr. as Martin Strangeways
- Paul Whitsun-Jones as Parfitt
- John Le Mesurier as Oliver Cromwell
- Patrick Troughton as Captain Wilcox
- Julian Somers as Captain Foster
- Sylvia Bidmead as Meg
- Patrick Waddington as Lord Dorset
- Fanny Rowe as Lady Dorset
- Jennifer Browne as Henrietta Dorset
- Richard Warner as Trooper
- George Woodbridge as Captain Lowry
- Victor Brooks as Blacksmith
Production
The film was shot at Boreham Wood with location filming at Dorset, Wiltshire and Hertfordshire. Sylvia Syms and Peter Arne were under long term contract to ABPC at the time.[4]
External links
- The Moonraker at IMDb
- The Moonraker at BFI
- The Moonraker at Letterbox DVD
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- ^ At Home with GEORGE BAKER: "The Moonraker" Picture Show; London Vol. 71, Iss. 1855, (Oct 18, 1958): 2.
- ^ MOONRAKER, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 62.
- ^ THE MOONRAKER Picture Show; London Vol. 71, Iss. 1845, (Aug 9, 1958): 9
- ^ Round the British Studios Nepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 70, Iss. 1814, (Jan 4, 1958): 11.