Murphy's War (1971)
- Directed by
- Peter Yates
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 94 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War II, a lone merchant sailor survives the sinking of his ship by a German U-boat in Venezuela. He becomes obsessed with hunting down and destroying the submarine that killed his crewmates.
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What happens
Murphy's War is an Eastmancolor 1971 Panavision war film starring Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips. It was directed by Peter Yates, based on the 1969 novel by Max Catto. The film's cinematographer was Douglas Slocombe. The film is set in Venezuela during World War II and focuses on Murphy, a stubborn survivor of a sunken merchant ship who is consumed in his quest for revenge and retribution against the Nazi German submarine that sank his ship and slaughtered the survivors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Submarine X-1 (1968)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.