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The Moonraker (1958)

The Moonraker (1958)

Action Drama Adventure War
Release Date: 1958, August 2
Directors: David MacDonald
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Associated British Picture Corporation, Associated British Picture Corporation
Cast: John Le Mesurier, George Baker, Gary Raymond, Clive Morton, Patrick Troughton, Michael Anderson Jr., Richard Leech, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Peter Arne, George Woodbridge, Iris Russell

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.

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