The Sea Wolves (1980)

Directed by

Andrew V. McLaglen

Genre

action film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 106 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of older British army reservists are called up for a secret mission during World War II. They must sneak into a neutral Portuguese port in India to disable a German ship that is broadcasting Allied ship movements to German submarines.

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What happens

The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor, is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War. In the covert mission, the Calcutta Light Horse, part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army, successfully sank a German merchant ship in Mormugão Harbour in neutral Portugal's territory of Goa, India, on 9 March 1943. The ship had a secret radio which was transmitting information about Allied shipping to U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean. The film, which starred veteran American and British actors, was produced by Euan Lloyd and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen; both had previously worked together on the successful 1978 British-Swiss war film The Wild Geese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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