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Bookmark this pageMurphy's War (1971)
Director: Peter Yates
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sole survivor of a British merchant vessel, sunk by torpedoes off the coast of Venezuela during the last days of World War II, conducts a one-man war against the U-boat responsible, all the way to a kamikaze end. But the potential of the storyline breaks down into a series of cliché scenes, characters and relationships, and neither Yates nor his lead actor Peter O'Toole has the inspiration to boost the level higher than mere competence.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Yates
Producer: Michael Deeley
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 106 mins
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