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 Valiant
British quad poster
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Written by	Play L'Equipage au complet Robert Mallet (writer) Adaptation: Giorgio Capitani Franca Caprino Robert Mallet Willis Hall Keith Waterhouse
Produced by	Jon Penington
Starring	John Mills Ettore Manni Roberto Risso
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	Lea Pardo John Pomeroy
Music by	Christopher Whelen
Production companies	BHP Euro International Film (EIA)
Distributed by	United Artists Corporation (UK)
Release date	4 January 1962
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.[1]

Plot

Alexandria December, 1941. Two Italian frogmen are captured under suspicion of placing a mine under HMS Valiant. They are brought onto the ship for questioning.

Cast

See also

• HMS Valiant
• Luigi Durand de la Penne
• Raid on Alexandria (1941)
• The Silent Enemy

References

External links

• The Valiant at IMDb
• The Valiant at Rotten Tomatoes

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