Story Line
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.
“Must mean something unusual”
Top Cast
Marlon Brando
Robert Crain
Yul Brynner
Captain Müller
Janet Margolin
Esther
Trevor Howard
Colonel Statter
Martin Benrath
Kruse
Hans Christian Blech
Donkeyman
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1965-08-24
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
ActionDramaThrillerWar
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Wuchak
7/10
•1/1/2019***WWII suspense/drama about a freighter in the Pacific with Brando and Brynner***
A German expatriate pacifist (Marlon Brando) is forced to pose as an SS Standard Leader for the purpose of disabling the scuttling charges on a merchant ship carryi...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/10/2022"Crain" (Marlon Brando) is quietly sitting out WWII at his home in India when he gets a visit from the "Col. Statter" (Trevor Howard) who delivers a few home truths in order to get him to volunteer to help commandeer a ship loaded with rubber leaving...