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Murphy's War (1971)
Directed by Peter Yates
“World War Two was just ending. World War Murphy is about to begin.”
Drama, War · 1h 47m
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up at a forgotten mission station near the mouth of the Orinoco, and begins to plot his vengeance. He wishes to sink the U-Boat by means of any method imaginable to him, and sets about to make the courageous attempt, assisted by Louis, the administrator of the local oil company.
Cast
Peter O'Toole
Murphy
Siân Phillips
Hayden
Philippe Noiret
Brezan
Horst Janson
Lauchs
John Hallam
Ellis
Ingo Mogendorf
Voght
J
John Clifford
German Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
H
Harry Fielder
German Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
George Roubicek
German Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
German Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Peter Yates
- Screenplay
- Stirling Silliphant
- Novel
- Max Catto
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Editor
- John Glen, Frank P. Keller
- Producer
- Michael Deeley, Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco, Nestor Lovera, Hernán Rubín
Details
- Release date
- 1971-01-13
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, German
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Venezuela
- Production
- Hemdale, Michael Deeley-Peter Yates Films, Bolívar Films