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

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)

Trailer

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