The Sea Wolves
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| Directed by | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Produced by | Euan Lloyd |
| Written by | Reginald Rose |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Roger Moore David Niven Trevor Howard Barbara Kellerman Patrick Macnee |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Tony Imi |
| Distributed by | Paramount |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States Switzerland |
| Language | English |
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film is based on the book Boarding Party by James Leasor, which itself is based on a real incident which took place in World War II. The incident involved the Calcutta Light Horse's covert attack on 9 March 1943 against a German merchant ship, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugao Harbour in neutral Portugal's territory of Goa.
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[edit] Plot
During World War II, German submarines are sinking thousands of tons of British merchant shipping. British intelligence, based in India, believe information is being passed to the U-Boats by a radio transmitter hidden on board one of three German ships interned in Portuguese Goa. Since Portugal is neutral, the ships cannot be attacked by conventional forces. British intelligence approach a territorial unit of aging British expatriates, the Calcutta Light Horse, to carry out the mission on their behalf.
[edit] Historical basis
The film notes in its closing credits that during the first 11 days of March 1943, the U-boats sank 12 Allied ships in the Indian Ocean. But, after the Light Horse raid on Goa, only one ship was lost in the remainder of the month.
[edit] Cast
- Gregory Peck as Colonel Lewis Gordon Pugh
- Roger Moore as Captain Gavin Stewart
- David Niven as Colonel W.H. Grice
- Trevor Howard as Jack Cartwright
- Barbara Kellerman as Mrs. Cromwell
- Patrick Macnee as Major 'Yogi' Crossley
- Kenneth Griffith as Wilton
- Patrick Allen as Colin Mackenzie
- Wolf Kahler as Trompeta
- Robert Hoffmann as U-Boat Captain
- Dan van Husen as U-Boat First Officer
- George Mikell as Captain of Ehrenfels
- Jürgen Andersen as First Officer of Ehrenfels
- Bernard Archard as Underhill
- Martin Benson as Mr. Montero
- Faith Brook as Mrs. Doris Grice
- Allan Cuthbertson as Dickie Melborne
- Edward Dentith as Lumsdaine
- Clifford Earl as Sloane
- Rusi Ghandhi as The Governor
- Percy Herbert as Dennison
- Patrick Holt as Barker
- Donald Houston as Hilliard
- Glyn Houston as Peters
- Victor Langley as Williamson
- Terence Longdon as Malverne
- Michael Medwin as Radcliffe
- W. Morgan Sheppard as 'Patch' Lovecroft
- John Standing as Finley
- Graham Stark as Don Manners
- Keith Stevenson as Manuel
- Jack Watson as Maclean
- Moray Watson as Breene
- Brook Williams as Butterworth
The film reunited much of the cast and crew from 1978's The Wild Geese, including Roger Moore, Kenneth Griffith, writer Reginald Rose, producer Euan Lloyd, director Andrew V. McLaglen, designer Syd Cain and composer Roy Budd.
[edit] External links
- The Sea Wolves at the Internet Movie Database
- Boarding Party by James Leasor, 1978, 2011. ISBN 978-1-908291-02-8
- O Espião Alemão em Goa: SOE operation "Longshanks", 2nd edition - José António Barreiros
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