Sailor of the King

Single-Handed
US release poster with overseas market name, Sailor of the King.
Directed by	Roy Boulting
Screenplay by	Valentine Davies
Based on	Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester
Produced by	Frank McCarthy
Starring	Jeffrey Hunter Michael Rennie Wendy Hiller
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Edited by	Alan Osbiston
Music by	Clifton Parker
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	11 June 1953 (1953-06-11)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$1,220,000[1]

Single-Handed is a 1953 British war film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie and Wendy Hiller. It is based on the 1929 novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester. Set largely in the Pacific, Hunter stars as a Canadian sailor serving on a British warship who battles single-handedly to delay a German World War II warship long enough for the Royal Navy to bring it to battle. The film was released in the United States as Sailor of the King.

It was filmed at Shepperton Studios near London and on location in the Mediterranean around Malta. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky An earlier 1935 film Forever England was based on the same novel and starred John Mills under Walter Forde's direction.