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The 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. 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 H.R.H. The Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
Original Release
04/09/1962
US Release
06/13/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Mills | Capt. Morgan / Captain Morgan |
Ettore Manni | Luigi Durand de la Penne |
Roberto Risso | Emilio Bianchi |
Robert Shaw | Lt. Field / Lieutenant Field |
Liam Redmond | Surgeon Commander Reilly / Surgeon Cmdr. Reilly |
Ralph Michael | Cmdr. Clark |
Colin Douglas | Chief Gunner's Mate |
Dinsdale Landen | Norris |
John Meillon | Bedford |
Patrick Barr | Rev. Ellis |
Directors
Writers
Giorgio Capitani, Franca Caprino, Willis Hall, Robert Mallet, Keith Waterhouse
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Mills | Capt. Morgan / Captain Morgan |
Ettore Manni | Luigi Durand de la Penne |
Roberto Risso | Emilio Bianchi |
Robert Shaw | Lt. Field / Lieutenant Field |
Liam Redmond | Surgeon Commander Reilly / Surgeon Cmdr. Reilly |
Ralph Michael | Cmdr. Clark |
Colin Douglas | Chief Gunner's Mate |
Dinsdale Landen | Norris |
John Meillon | Bedford |
Patrick Barr | Rev. Ellis |
Moray Watson | Capt. Turnbull |
Charles Houston | Medical Orderly |
Gordon Rollings | Payne |
Laurence Naismith | Admiral |
John Collin | Sergeant |
Anthony Booth | |
Brian Peck | Thompson |
Terence Knapp | Wilkinson |
Isarco Ravaioli | |
Mario Florio |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Cesare Mancini | Executive Producer |
Jon Penington | Producer |