The Sea Wolves
The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse
19802hNo ratings yet
- Action
- Thriller
- War
Overview
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
Keywords
- battle
- 1940s
- based on true story
- sinking ship
- world war ii
- secret mission
- sea
- ambush
- naval
- adventure
- british intelligence
- old men
- geriatric
- older men
- german u-boat fleet
- british india
- nazi spy ring
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 3, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Lorimar Productions,Lorimar Motion Pictures,Richmond Light Horse Productions,Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
- Cast
- Marc Zuber,Roger Moore,Donald Houston,Patrick Holt,Percy Herbert,John Standing,Dan van Husen,Trevor Howard,Moray Watson,Kenneth Griffithand 24 more
- Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Writer
- Reginald Rose,James Leasor
- Producer
- Erwin C. Dietrich,Euan Lloyd
- Music
- Roy Budd
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- $220,181
- IMDb
- tt0081470