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…
The Moonraker (1958)
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.
Top Cast
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
Julian Somers
Captain Foster
Sylvia Bidmead
Meg
Patrick Waddington
Lord Dorset
Fanny Rowe
Lady Dorset
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What is The Moonraker about?
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…
When was The Moonraker released?
The Moonraker was released in 1958.
What genres does The Moonraker belong to?
The Moonraker is categorised as Action, Adventure, Drama, War.
Who stars in The Moonraker?
The cast of The Moonraker includes George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Peter Arne, Clive Morton.