Review of The Sea Wolves (1980) by Stuart K — 10 Aug 2010
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, who also did Chisum (1970), The Wild Geese (1978) and North Sea Hijack (1979), this is a daring true story that took place during World War 2, and proves you're never too old to still have one last adventure.
It has an amazing cast, and is a good story. Set in India during 1943, it has German U-Boats sinking British ships in the Indian Ocean, The Indian brance of British Intelligence think that information of where the British ships are located are being sent by radio transmitter to German ships based in Portuguese Goa, however, Portugal is neutral from the war, so to avoid any political altercations, British Intelligence sends a group of aging British expatriates based in Calcutta to do the job.
They are Colonel Lewis Gordon Pugh (Gregory Peck), Captain Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore), Colonel W.H. Grice (David Niven), Jack Cartwright (Trevor Howard) and Major 'Yogi' Crossley (Patrick Macnee).
They are members of the Calcutta Light Horse, part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. It's a good adventure film, and it's suspensful in places and also exciting. You don't get war films like this anymore, it even had a lot of the same crew who had worked on James Bond films of the time behind the scenes.
This review of The Sea Wolves (1980) was written by Stuart K on 10 Aug 2010.
The Sea Wolves has generally received mixed reviews.
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