The Moonraker 1958

 

Directors: David MacDonald

 

Writers: Robert Hall, Wilfred Eades, Alistair Bell

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Rôle: Colonel John Beaumont

 

Release Date: 22 May 1958

 

Synopsis: 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.

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Comment: For once Marius is not playing a German officer but a Roundhead colonel in the English Civil War. I really enjoyed this film and Sylvia Syms is just gorgeous. So is Marius and if I were Anne Wyndham, I would have stayed with the colonel rather than Dawlish, the Moonraker (George Baker). I've never rated George Baker as much of an actor. His character buggers off to France with Charles Stuart at the end to be in exile for who knows how long and she's left alone after the colonel releases her from their engagement and takes no retribution for Anne assisting the Moonraker to escape.

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Availability: DVD (StudioCanal) Release Date: 18 January 2010.