Murphy's War
1971 film by Peter Yates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the unrelated novel by Gary Paulsen, see Murphy's War (novel).
Murphy's War is an Eastmancolor 1971 Panavision war film starring Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips. It was directed by Peter Yates based on the 1969 novel by Max Catto. The film's cinematographer was Douglas Slocombe.
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Directed by | Peter Yates |
Screenplay by | Stirling Silliphant |
Based on | Murphy's War 1969 novel by Max Catto |
Produced by | Michael Deeley |
Starring | Peter O'Toole Siân Phillips Philippe Noiret Horst Janson |
Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
Edited by | John Glen Frank P. Keller |
Music by | John Barry Ken Thorne |
Production companies | Hemdale Michael Deeley-Peter Yates Films |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Languages | English German |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
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The film is set in South America during World War II and focuses on a stubborn survivor of a sunken merchant ship who is consumed in his quest for revenge and retribution against the German submarine that sank his ship.