The Moonraker
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
George Baker
as Anthony, Earl of Dawlish/The Moonraker
Sylvia Syms
as Anne Wyndham
Marius Goring
as Colonel John Beaumont
Peter Arne
as Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
Clive Morton
as Lord Harcourt
Gary Raymond
as Charles Stuart
Richard Leech
as Henry Strangeways
Iris Russell
as Judith Strangeways
Michael Anderson Jr.
as Martin Strangeways
Paul Whitsun-Jones
as Parfitt
Reviews
CinemaSerf
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 ...
