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| Director: | Andrew V. McLaglen | 
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| Writer: | Reginald Rose, James Leasor | 
| Staring: | 
| A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 03, 1980 | 
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| Director: | Andrew V. McLaglen | 
| Writer: | Reginald Rose, James Leasor | 
| Genres: | Action, Thriller, War | 
| Keywords | ambush, sea, world war ii, based on true story, battle, naval, 1940s, british intelligence | 
| Production Companies | Lorimar Productions, Richmond Light Horse Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G. | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $220,181 Budget: $12,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Gregory Peck | Col. Lewis Pugh | 
| Roger Moore | Capt. Gavin Stewart | 
| David Niven | Col. W.H. Grice | 
| Trevor Howard | Jack Cartwright | 
| Barbara Kellerman | Mrs. Cromwell | 
| Patrick Macnee | Major 'Yogi' Crossley | 
| Kenneth Griffith | Charlie Wilton | 
| Patrick Allen | Colin Mackenzie | 
| Wolf Kahler | Trompeta | 
| Robert Hoffmann | U-Boat Captain | 
| Dan van Husen | U-Boat First Officer | 
| George Mikell | Captain of Ehrenfels | 
| Jürgen Andersen | First Officer of Ehrenfels | 
| Bernard Archard | Underhill | 
| Martin Benson | Mr. Montero | 
| Percy Herbert | Dennison | 
| Donald Houston | Hilliard | 
| Glyn Houston | Peters | 
| Terence Longdon | Malvern | 
| Allan Cuthbertson | Dickie Melborne | 
| Faith Brook | Mrs Doris Grice | 
| John Standing | Finley | 
| Graham Stark | Don Manners | 
| Jack Watson | Maclean | 
| Moray Watson | Breen | 
| Michael Medwin | Langley | 
| William Morgan Sheppard | 'Patch' Lovecroft | 
| Patrick Holt | Barker | 
| Clifford Earl | Sloane | 
| Keith Stevenson | Manuel | 
| Brook Williams | Butterworth | 
| Victor Langley | Williamson | 
| Marc Zuber | Ram Das Gupta | 
| Mohan Agashe | Brothel Keeper | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Reginald Rose | Writer | 
| Andrew V. McLaglen | Director | 
| Eddie Powell | Stunts | 
| Roy Budd | Original Music Composer | 
| James Leasor | Writer | 
| Maurice Binder | Main Title Designer | 
| John Glen | Editor | 
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