Murphy's War

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Murphy's War is a 1971 World War II adventure drama film starring Peter O'Toole as a vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat in the Orinoco River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
antagonist German U-boat
authorOfSourceWork Max Catto NERFINISHED
basedOn Murphy's War (novel) NERFINISHED
basedOnPublicationYear 1969
cinematographyBy Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Peter Yates NERFINISHED
distributor CIC (in some territories) NERFINISHED
Paramount Pictures
editedBy John Glen NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Orinoco River NERFINISHED
Venezuela NERFINISHED
genre adventure
drama
war
hasBoatOrShip seaplane used by Murphy
tanker attacked by U-boat
hasTheme revenge
survival
war and morality
language English
mainCharacter Murphy NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation seaman
musicBy John Barry NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat
notableFor depiction of single-handed war against a submarine
producer Don Devlin NERFINISHED
Michael Deeley NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDateUK 1971
releaseYear 1971
runtimeMinutes 107
screenwriter Stanley Mann NERFINISHED
settingLocation Orinoco River NERFINISHED
settingPeriod World War II NERFINISHED
sourceWorkInstanceOf novel
starring Horst Janson NERFINISHED
Peter O'Toole NERFINISHED
Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED
Siân Phillips NERFINISHED
timeSetting final months of World War II

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Peter Yates directed Murphy's War