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Film details
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Featuring
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Countries
Switzerland United Kingdom USA
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Year
1980
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Genres
Action and Adventure War
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Die Seewölfe Kommen Alternative
- The Sea Wolves Alternative
- Boarding Party Alternative
Synopsis
War adventure based on true events. In India in 1943, a mission is undertaken to stop the destruction of Allied shipping by Nazi U-boats receiving leaked shipping information. This info is known to be sent out from a secret radio transmitter aboard the 'Ehrenfels', one of three German ships anchored in the Portugese port of Mormugoa. As the port is in neutral Portuguese waters, no official forces can be involved, and so Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh hatches a plot to sabotage the German boats using civilians. He duly recruits The Calcutta Light Horse, a part-time territorial unit of former British soldiers who are now middle-aged businessmen based in Calcutta. They journey to Goa, where, aiming to destroy all three German ships, they will pose as tourists on an innocent sailing trip whose nighttime boarding of the 'Ehrenfels' is supposedly nothing more than a drunken lark.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh
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Captain Gavin Stewart
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Colonel Bill Grice
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Jack Cartwright
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Mrs Cromwell
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Major 'Yogi' Crossley
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Wilton
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Colin Mackenzie
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Trompeta
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U-boat captain
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U-boat first officer
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Captain Rofer of the 'Ehrenfels'
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first officer of the 'Ehrenfels'
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Underhill
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Mr Montero
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Mrs Doris Grice
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Melborne
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Lumsdaine
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Sloane
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the governor
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Dennison
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Barker
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Hilliard
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Peters
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Williamson
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Malverne
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Radcliffe
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Lovecroft
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Finley
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Manners
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Manuel
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MacLean
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Breene
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Butterworth
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Ram Das Gupta
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croupier
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room service waiter
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brothel keeper
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Kruger
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Directed by
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©
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Production Company
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For
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Presents
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Co-producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Associate
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Production Manager
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Production manager (India)
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Manager (Goa unit)
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Production Liaison
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Production Assistant
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Assistant Director
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Continuity
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Casting Director
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Screenplay by
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Based on the book 'Boarding Party' by
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera (2nd Unit)
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Gaffer
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[Title Stills]
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Stills Photographer
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Film Editor
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Assembly Editor
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Assembly Editor
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Production Designed by
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Set Dresser
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Costume Designer
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Costume Assistant
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Chief Make-up Artist
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Titles and Graphics Designed by
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Colour by
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Lenses and Panaflex Camera by
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Original Music by
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Sound Recordist
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Chief Dubbing Mixer
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Dubbing Mixer
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Dubbing Mixer
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Dubbing Editor
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Dubbing Editor
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Dubbing Editor
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Action Arranger
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Technical adviser (military)
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Technical adviser (SOE)
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Technical adviser (CLH)
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Technical adviser (naval)
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Technical adviser (U-boat)
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Technical adviser (German survivors)
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Technical adviser (German survivors)
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Technical adviser (German survivors)
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Technical adviser (German survivors)
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Creative assistant (India)
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Liaison (ministry, India)
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Services Supplied by
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Services Supplied by
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Services Supplied by
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Publicity
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Publicity
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Publicity
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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