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69% Critic Match
The Moonraker
6.9 / 10• 1958• 1h 22m•NR• English
ActionAdventureDramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
George Baker
Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
Lead
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
IR
Iris Russell
Judith Strangeways
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David MacDonald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Moonraker is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
