Shout at the Devil (movie)
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Original British cinema poster
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| Directed by | Peter R. Hunt |
| Produced by | Michael Klinger |
| Screenplay by |
Stanley Price Alastair Reid |
| Based on |
Shout at the Devil by Wilbur Smith |
| Starring |
Lee Marvin Roger Moore |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | Michael J. Duthie |
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Production
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Tonav Productions
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| Distributed by |
Hemdale (UK) AIP (US) |
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Release date
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Running time
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147 minutes (UK) 128 minutes (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9,000,000 |
| Box office | £15 million |
Paperback edition
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| Author | Wilbur Smith |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Genre | War Adventure |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
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Publication date
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1968 |
Shout at the Devil is a 1976 British war adventure film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. The film, set in Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1913–1915, is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith which is very loosely inspired by real events (see the sinking of the SMS Königsberg). The supporting cast features Barbara Parkins and Ian Holm.
Colonel Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin), a hard-drinking American, manipulates British aristocrat Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) into helping poach ivory in Tanganyika, which is part of the German-controlled pre-World War I territory of German East Africa. On hearing news that the American has returned, Herman Fleischer, the local German Commander of the Southern Provinces, relentlessly hunts O'Flynn with his Schutztruppen.
Later Sebastian meets and falls in love with O'Flynn's daughter, Rosa (Barbara Parkins). They are married and have a daughter together. Meanwhile the poaching continues. Fleischer has a warship ram and sink O'Flynn's Arab dhow (ship) containing poached ivory. But whilst attacking O'Flynn's home, Schutztruppe under Fleischer's command kill Sebastian's daughter Maria.
O'Flynn and Sebastian decide to go and kill Fleischer as revenge for the death of the little girl. But when it is discovered that Britain is at war with Germany, allied officers convince O'Flynn to locate and destroy the German warship awaiting repair.
O'Flynn, Sebastian, and Rosa pursue Fleischer, who also happens to be on the warship. Eventually they find her in an inlet and sink her.
The script was based on a novel by Wilbur Smith. The critic from the New York Times called the book "a bloodbath".
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