# Murphy's War (1971)

> A lone World War II survivor wages an obsessive campaign against the German submarine that destroyed his crew, using ingenuity and improvised weapons in the Orinoco delta.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/21848

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Peter Yates
- Cast: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf, John Clifford, Harry Fielder
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067458/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: gritty, tense, sun-bleached, classic war movie night, peter o'toole retrospective

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