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World War II....a war fought for a good reason.....to save lives. I've always enjoyed movies about it. I've seen a lot of them over the years. This will be a thread for discussing them.
Yesterday I watched -
MURPHY'S WAR. (1971) Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret, and Horst Janson.
At the end of WWII, up a river in Venezuela.....a German U-boat torpedoes and then slaughters all survivors of a small British ship.....except they miss one....crewman Murphy (O'Toole) manages to swim away and is picket up by Louie Brezan (Philippe Noiret), a French "Jack of all trades", on his river dredger, who takes him to the small clinic ran by Dr. Hayden (Sian Philips). He tells her he was torpedoed by a U-boat, but she doesn't believe him because she say a submarine can't make it this far up river. When he tells Louie the same thing, he says it is possible because he has been dredging the river to make it easier for boats to navigate the river. Shortly later, locals bring in another wounded member of the British ship, airman Ellis (John Hallam), who had been in his amphibias bi-plane when the ship was attacked, and was subsequently shot down by the gunners on the sub. Murphy and Louie go in search of the plane while Dr. Hayden radios authorities that there is a sub in the river and that she has a wounded sailor with her. Unfortunately the Sub hears the radio report.
While Murphy searches for and finds the downed bi-plane, the sub shows up at the village clinic and the crew hunts down Ellis. The Captain, Lauchs (Horst Janson), personally shoots and kills the wounded airman. Murphy and Louie tow the plane back to the village, and when he finds out about the murder of the airman he vows revenge upon them. He repairs the plane, rigs up a couple of large Molotav cocktails, while Dr. Hayden tries to talk him out of it, saying if he doesn't succeed the Nazis will retaliate against them. Murphy flies off in search of the sub. He finds it hidden close to the river bank and proceeds to bomb it. He flies back to the clinic, and he and Louie start celebrating the sinking of the sub. But it's not been sunk....and it comes down the river and using the cannon and large machine guns mounted on it's deck, it blows up the plane and shoots up the village killing many innocent people.
Murphy talks Louie into letting him take his dredger in search of the sub. As they prepare to leave, they hear on the radio that the war with Germany is over. Dr, Hayden tries to stop them, saying there is no need for this since the war is over....but Murphy has vengeance on his mind. They continue on and find it on the surface of the river....and slowly head for it. The sub opens fire on the dredger with the deck machine guns, but it keeps coming, so they fire a torpedo at it. Murphy manages to avoid the torpedo, the sub dives, and Murphy tries to ram it but it goes under before he can hit it. Murphy notices the river being churned up in one area and surmises that the sub is stuck on the bottom. He then remembers the torpedo, that was shot at but missed, them.
Director Peter Yates also directed - BULLITT, BREAKING AWAY, KRULL and THE DEEP.
Peter O'Toole also starred in - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE STUNT MAN, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and THE LAST EMPEROR.
Sian Philips also starred in - DUNE, I CLAUDIUS, CLASH OF THE TITANS, and VALMONT.
Philippe Noiret also starred in - CINEMA PARADISO, THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, and TOPAZ.
Horst Janson also starred in - CAPTAIN KRONOS-VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE MCKENZIE BREAK, and SHOUT AT THE DEVIL.
Trivia - Peter O'Toole and Sian Philips were married for 20 years and had two kids together.
Yesterday I watched -
MURPHY'S WAR. (1971) Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret, and Horst Janson.
At the end of WWII, up a river in Venezuela.....a German U-boat torpedoes and then slaughters all survivors of a small British ship.....except they miss one....crewman Murphy (O'Toole) manages to swim away and is picket up by Louie Brezan (Philippe Noiret), a French "Jack of all trades", on his river dredger, who takes him to the small clinic ran by Dr. Hayden (Sian Philips). He tells her he was torpedoed by a U-boat, but she doesn't believe him because she say a submarine can't make it this far up river. When he tells Louie the same thing, he says it is possible because he has been dredging the river to make it easier for boats to navigate the river. Shortly later, locals bring in another wounded member of the British ship, airman Ellis (John Hallam), who had been in his amphibias bi-plane when the ship was attacked, and was subsequently shot down by the gunners on the sub. Murphy and Louie go in search of the plane while Dr. Hayden radios authorities that there is a sub in the river and that she has a wounded sailor with her. Unfortunately the Sub hears the radio report.
While Murphy searches for and finds the downed bi-plane, the sub shows up at the village clinic and the crew hunts down Ellis. The Captain, Lauchs (Horst Janson), personally shoots and kills the wounded airman. Murphy and Louie tow the plane back to the village, and when he finds out about the murder of the airman he vows revenge upon them. He repairs the plane, rigs up a couple of large Molotav cocktails, while Dr. Hayden tries to talk him out of it, saying if he doesn't succeed the Nazis will retaliate against them. Murphy flies off in search of the sub. He finds it hidden close to the river bank and proceeds to bomb it. He flies back to the clinic, and he and Louie start celebrating the sinking of the sub. But it's not been sunk....and it comes down the river and using the cannon and large machine guns mounted on it's deck, it blows up the plane and shoots up the village killing many innocent people.
Murphy talks Louie into letting him take his dredger in search of the sub. As they prepare to leave, they hear on the radio that the war with Germany is over. Dr, Hayden tries to stop them, saying there is no need for this since the war is over....but Murphy has vengeance on his mind. They continue on and find it on the surface of the river....and slowly head for it. The sub opens fire on the dredger with the deck machine guns, but it keeps coming, so they fire a torpedo at it. Murphy manages to avoid the torpedo, the sub dives, and Murphy tries to ram it but it goes under before he can hit it. Murphy notices the river being churned up in one area and surmises that the sub is stuck on the bottom. He then remembers the torpedo, that was shot at but missed, them.
He finds the torpedo....and using to crane on the multi purpose dredger, hauls it up. When he tells Louie he intends on dropping it on the sub, Louie leaves saying it is too dangerous and crazy. Murphy goes to where the sub is stuck and drops the torpedo on it. The explosion rips the sub apart....but it also cracks the old dredger in two. A piece of the ship falls on Murphy pinning him to the deck. As he shouts "I got you, you S.O.B." he sinks with the ship. The end.
Director Peter Yates also directed - BULLITT, BREAKING AWAY, KRULL and THE DEEP.
Peter O'Toole also starred in - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE STUNT MAN, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and THE LAST EMPEROR.
Sian Philips also starred in - DUNE, I CLAUDIUS, CLASH OF THE TITANS, and VALMONT.
Philippe Noiret also starred in - CINEMA PARADISO, THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, and TOPAZ.
Horst Janson also starred in - CAPTAIN KRONOS-VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE MCKENZIE BREAK, and SHOUT AT THE DEVIL.
Trivia - Peter O'Toole and Sian Philips were married for 20 years and had two kids together.
