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The Moonraker

Year:

1958

Duration:

82 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

David MacDonald

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1958-08-03

Filming Locations: Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Peter Arne

Fanny Rowe

George Baker

The Moonraker

Sylvia Syms

Anne Wyndham

Marius Goring

Colonel Beaumont

Clive Morton

Lord Harcourt

Gary Raymond

Charles Stuart

Richard Leech

Henry Strangeways

Iris Russell

Judith Strangeways

Michael Anderson Jr.

Martin Strangeways (as Michael Anderson Jnr.)

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Parfitt

John Le Mesurier

Cromwell

Patrick Troughton

Captain Wilcox

Julian Somers

Captain Foster

Sylvia Bidmead

Meg

Patrick Waddington

Lord Dorset

Jennifer Browne

Henrietta Dorset

Richard Warner

Trooper

George Woodbridge

Captain Lowry

Victor Brooks

Blacksmith

Frank Hawkins

Packman

Keith Banks

Orderly

Victor Platt

Innkeeper

Gillian Vaughan

Sarah

Edward Dentith

Lieutenant

Leslie Linder

Trooper Bell

John Crocker

Servant

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Trivia

Not to be confused with the James Bond novel and film "Moonraker". Ironically, George Baker appeared in two Bond films: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

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The film takes place in October 1651.

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Goofs

The Roundhead troops wear red sashes. This was the sash colour worn by Royalists - Roundheads wore tawny or blue.

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Prior to a fight with Gregg, a sword is pushed into the Moonrakers chest, and it bends without causing any damage. In the actual fight, this same non piercing point slashes through shirt and skin leaving a lot of damage.

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Several proclamations are seen in which Oliver Cromwell is described as "Lord Protector". The film in set in 1651; Cromwell did not adopt that title until 1653.

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