The Valiant (1962 film)

The Valiant
British quad poster
Directed byRoy Ward Baker
Written byPlay L'Equipage au complet
Robert Mallet (writer)
Adaptation:
Giorgio Capitani
Franca Caprino
Robert Mallet
Willis Hall
Keith Waterhouse
Produced byJon Penington
Starring
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited by
  • Lea Pardo
  • John Pomeroy
Music byChristopher Whelen
Production
companies
  • BHP
  • Euro International Film (EIA)
Distributed byUnited Artists Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 4 January 1962 (1962-01-04)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£245,439[1][2]

The Valiant (also known as Affondamento Della Valiant) is a 1962 British/Italian international co-production film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring John Mills, Ettore Manni, Roberto Risso, Robert Shaw, and Liam Redmond.[3] It is based on the Italian manned torpedo attack which seriously damaged the two British battleships Valiant and Queen Elizabeth and the oil tanker Sagona at the port of Alexandria in December 1941.

The film had a Royal Gala Premiere on 4 January 1962 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the presence of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.[4]

  1. ^ Chapman, L. (2021). “They wanted a bigger, more ambitious film”: Film Finances and the American “Runaways” That Ran Away. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 18(2), 176–197 p 179. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2021.0565
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  3. ^ "The Valiant". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ The Times online archive 4/5 Jan 1962