Shout at the Devil (1976)

During World War One a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.

Director:

Peter R. Hunt (as Peter Hunt)

Writers:

Stanley Price (screenplay), Alastair Reid (screenplay)

Stars:

Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Marvin	...	Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
Roger Moore	...	Sebastian Oldsmith
Barbara Parkins	...	Rosa O'Flynn / Oldsmith
Ian Holm	...	Mohammed, O'Flynn's Mute Servant
Reinhard Kolldehoff	...	Herman Fleischer, German Commissioner / Military Commander of Southern Province (as Rene Kolldehoff)
Gernot Endemann	...	Braun
Karl Michael Vogler	...	Von Kleine
Horst Janson	...	Kyller
Gerard Paquis	...	Capt. da Silva - Portuguese Pilot
Maurice Denham	...	Mr. Smythe
Jean Kent	...	Mrs. Smythe
Heather Wright	...	Cynthia Smythe
George Coulouris	...	El Keb
Renu Setna	...	Mr. Raji
Murray Melvin	...	Lt. Phipps

Storyline

Just prior to World War One the hard drinking sharpshooting, Irish American Colonel Flynn O'Flynn, uses British aristocrat Sebastian Oldsmith to help poach ivory from German controlled territory in East Africa, putting them at odds with Herman Fleischer, the local German Provincial Commander. When Sebastian is infected with malaria he is nursed back to health by Flynn's daughter Rosa, they fall in love and marry. Not long after Britain declares war on Germany and they are drawn into the conflict, ultimately making a daring attack on the German armored cruiser SMS Blücher as it undergoes repairs in a local estuary.

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Plot Keywords:

german | world war one | ivory | love | africa | 

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Taglines:

A spectacular adventure you will always remember and a beautiful love story you will never forget.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English German

Release Date:

7 May 1976 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

A Batalha da Vingança

Filming Locations:

Malta

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 3,865,873 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tonav Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

150 min 115 min (video) 164 min (1976) (cut) 137 min (video release) (2006)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both star Roger Moore and director Peter R. Hunt had long associations with the James Bond movie franchise, the former starring as the character, and the latter as an editor and director of one of the movies, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), but Hunt never directed Moore when he was playing Bond.

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Goofs

The archetypal English gentleman Sebastian, played by Roger Moore, would know better than to hang the British flag upside down, but he does so when he and Flynn set up camp in Africa.

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009)

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Soundtracks

O'Reilly's Daughter
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Arthur Absalom

User Reviews

Very good action sequences and outstanding performances.

Shout at the devil proved to be a bit of a surprise to me, I expected a boring war film, but I was very positively surprised.

The film starred my favorite actor Roger Moore and he delivered a good performance. At 49 he looks extremely handsome, like he did in all the Bond films, Moore is an outstanding actor. Lee Marwin also starred an outstanding performance in all aspects of the movie.

The film was directed by Peter Hunt who also directed On Her Majesty`s Secret Service (1969), he proved then he could make a great action adventure, and he did so again. With great action sequences and some very good humour delivered brilliantly from Marwin and Moore.

Shout at the Devil proves to be one of the finest films of the seventies.