Written by director Cy Endfield (with John Kruse), Sea Fury was shot on location at Estartit and Girona, Spain for the British Aqua production company, and was distributed by J. Arthur Rank. Endfield, a former magician who had tutored no less than Orson Welles, had worked in Hollywood as director and writer on the Our Gang film series. After graduating to low-budget features like the Joe Palooka series for "poverty row" studios like Monogram, he had been forced to leave Hollywood for England during the House Un-American Activities Committee's witch hunt of Communist and suspected Communist sympathizers in the late 1940s and 50s. Once in England, Endfield directed movies and television series under several names, including Hugh Raker and C. Raker.
In 1956, he formed a partnership with actor Stanley Baker and the two produced Hell Drivers (1957), which was noted for its fast pace and visual excellence. The partners produced Sea Fury the following year. Their most famous collaboration would be the 1964 film, Zulu.
Producer: Benjamin Fisz
Director: Cy Endfield
Screenplay: Cy Endfield, John Kruse (writers)
Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer
Art Direction: Michael Stringer
Music: Philip Green
Film Editing: Arthur Stevens
Cast: Stanley Baker (Abel Hewson), Victor McLaglen (Captain Bellew), Luciana Paluzzi (Josita), Grégoire Aslan (Fernando), Francis De Wolff (Mulder), David Oxley (Blanco), George Murcell (Loudon), Percy Herbert (Walker), Rupert Davies (Bosun), Robert Shaw (Gorman).
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by Lorraine LoBianco
SOURCES:
Mayer, Geoff Guide to British Cinema
Pettigrew, Terence British film character actors: great names and Memorable Moments
Erickson, Hal, The All-Movie Guide
The Internet Movie Database
