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The Moonraker( 1958)

TV-MAActionAdventure
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Baker

      Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker

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      Sylvia Syms

      Anne Wyndham

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      Marius Goring

      Colonel John Beaumont

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      Peter Arne

      Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

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      Clive Morton

      Lord Harcourt

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      Gary Raymond

      Charles Stuart

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      Richard Leech

      Henry Strangeways

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      Iris Russell

      Judith Strangeways

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      Michael Anderson Jr.

      Martin Strangeways

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      Paul Whitsun-Jones

      Parfitt

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      John Le Mesurier

      Cromwell

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      Patrick Troughton

      Captain Wilcox

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      Julian Somers

      Captain Foster

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      Sylvia Bidmead

      Meg

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      Patrick Waddington

      Lord Dorset

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      Fanny Rowe

      Lady Dorset

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      George Woodbridge

      Captain Lowry

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      Leslie Linder

      Trooper Bell

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      Jennifer Browne

      Henrietta Dorset

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Apr 15 2025
    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 we follow his ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on play or musical
    • swashbuckler
    • english civil war
    • highwayman
    • 17th century