The Valiant (1962)

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on a real World War II mission, Italian divers use manned torpedoes to attack British battleships in an Egyptian port. The film follows the planning and execution of the raid from both sides.

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What happens

The Valiant (also known as Affondamento Della Valiant) is a 1962 British-Italian drama 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 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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