Morituri

Must mean something unusual

19652h 3mNo ratings yet

Action
Drama
Thriller
War

Overview

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

Keywords

anti war
drowning
convoy
world war ii
secret mission
mutiny
cargo ship
submarine
fog
merchant marine
jewish girl
demolition expert
disarm
nazi saboteurs
india rubber
ship horn
abandon ship
stop engines
starfish island
lard

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 24, 1965
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox,Arcola Pictures,Colony Productions
Cast: Marlon Brando,Yul Brynner,Janet Margolin,Trevor Howard,Martin Benrath,Hans Christian Blech,Wally Cox,Max Haufler,Rainer Penkert,William Redfieldand 26 more
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Writer: Daniel Taradash,Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Cinematography: Conrad Hall
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0059470