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"Murphy's War" is an ambitious attempt at a thoughtful action movie, but its thought and action don't connect very well, and the ending is as unsatisfactory as it is inevitable.
Read the Murphy's War movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was a highly decorated American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient who turned actor. The story takes place in the jungle coast of Venezuela at the end of World War II.
He portrayed himself in the film To Hell and Back, the account of his World War II experiences.During the 1950s and 1960s he was cast primarily in westerns.While often the hero, he proved his ability to portray a cold-blooded hired gun in No Name on the Bullet. Irish merchant seaman Murphy (Peter O'Toole) is the sole survivor of a World War II German U-boat attack in tropical waters. Peter Yates directed this quirky World War II war drama starring Peter O'Toole as Murphy, an Irishman who survives the torpedoing of a merchantman ship off the jungle coast of Venezuela by a German U-boat. ... Murphy's War (1971) Cast and Crew. Directed by Peter Yates. He is rescued, and ends up at a forgotten mission station near the mouth of the Orinoco, and begins to plot his vengeance.
A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water. Murphy's War (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Along the way, though, there are some fine scenes by that splendid action director Peter Yates ("Bullitt"), and the bones of a good performance by Peter O'Toole. With Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson.
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Along the way, though, there are some fine scenes by that splendid action director Peter Yates ("Bullitt"), and the bones of a good performance by Peter O'Toole. "Murphy's War" is an ambitious attempt at a thoughtful action movie, but its thought and action don't connect very well, and the ending is as unsatisfactory as it is inevitable. O'Tooles Head Cast in 'Murphy's War' By Roger Greenspun ... Yates's "Murphy's War," which opened yesterday at the Music Hall, and which has Peter O'Toole as Murphy, the sole survivor of a …
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Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II.