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02/08/1958 Action, Adventure, Drama, War 1h 22m
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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.

  1. David MacDonald

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. George Baker

    Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker

  2. Sylvia Syms

    Anne Wyndham

  3. Marius Goring

    Colonel John Beaumont

  4. Peter Arne

    Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

  5. Clive Morton

    Lord Harcourt

  6. Gary Raymond

    Charles Stuart

  7. Richard Leech

    Henry Strangeways

  8. Iris Russell

    Judith Strangeways

  9. Michael Anderson Jr.

    Martin Strangeways

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-04-15
I always enjoyed this adventure yarn when I was a kid, and despite George Baker being about as wooden as a picket fence, I think it’s still an entertaining Cavalier/Roundhead story. With King Charles I now dead, the forces of the Commonwealth are focussing on catching his heir, the new King Charles II who is being helped by a few loyal royalists to make it to the safety of France. Hot on his heels, though, are the tenacious “Col. Beaumont” (Marius Goring) and the master of disguises “Maj, Greig”. We know all along who the mysterious “Moonraker” is, and for the next eighty minutes...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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