Must mean something unusual
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.
- 6.8
- 1965
- Released
- 2h 3m
Marlon Brando
Robert Crain
Yul Brynner
Captain Müller
Janet Margolin
Esther
Trevor Howard
Colonel Statter
Martin Benrath
Kruse
Hans Christian Blech
Donkeyman
Wally Cox
Dr. Ambach
Max Haufler
Branner
Rainer Penkert
Milkereit
William Redfield
Baldwin
Oscar Beregi Jr.
Admiral (as Oscar Beregi)Martin Brandt
NissenCharles De Vries
Kurz
Carl Esmond
Busch
Martin Kosleck
Wilke
Norbert Schiller
StewardRick Traeger
Schultz
Ivan Triesault
Lt. BrandtRobert Sorrells
Koeniger
Eric Braeden
Radio Officer (uncredited)Frank London
Merchant Marine (uncredited)
Jim Goodwin
Merchant Marine (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Merchant Marine (uncredited)Hal Bokar
Merchant Marine (uncredited)Heinz Brinkmann
Crew Member (uncredited)
Gene Dynarski
Merchant Marine (uncredited)Harold Dyrenforth
Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)
Horst Ebersberg
Crew Member (uncredited)
Fritz Ford
Crew Member (uncredited)Harold Goodwin
Merchant Marine (uncredited)Sam Javis
Merchant Marine (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Merchant Marine (uncredited)
Buck Kartalian
Merchant Marine (uncredited)Robert Kino
Capt. Hatsuma (uncredited)Manfred Lating
Lutz (uncredited)
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- #mutiny
- #drowning
- #submarine
- #secret mission
- #world war ii
- #fog
- #convoy
- #cargo ship
- #anti war
- #jewish girl
- #merchant marine
- #disarm
- #nazi saboteurs
- #demolition expert
- #india rubber
- #ship horn
- #abandon ship
- #stop engines
- #starfish island
- #lard
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"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 Japan and heading to Nazi controlled Bordeaux. His task is to use his expertise to disable the scuttling explosives hard-wired aboard in the event of
***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 carrying rubber vital to the German war effort. Yul Brynner plays the disillusioned captain (Mueller), Martin Benrath the gun-ho first officer (Kruse), Jane