Murphy's War (1971)

107 min · Anti-War Film, drama film, war film

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Directors

Peter Yates

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Philippe Noiret, Siân Phillips, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf

The story

In the closing days of World War II, Irish crewman Murphy is the sole survivor of the crew of merchant ship Mount Kyle, which had been sunk by a Nazi German U-boat and the survivors machine-gunned in the water. Murphy reaches the shore and finds a missionary settlement on the Orinoco in Venezuela, where he is treated by the pacifist Quaker Dr. Hayden.

Catalogue themes and tags

Assault, British, Central and South America, Fighter Pilot, Piloten, Quest for Revenge, Rach, Retaliation, Revenge Plan, Shipwreck, U-Boot, Venezuela, War, War Ship, World War 2, Action, Drama, War film

Genres

Anti-War Film, drama film, war film

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