Murphy's War
“World War Two was just ending. World War Murphy is about to begin.”
1971 · 1 h 47 min
Peter YatesCast
Peter O'Toole 
Siân Phillips 
Philippe Noiret 
Horst Janson 
John Hallam Ingo Mogendorf
Credits
Written by: Max Catto
Plot
The only survivor of a ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1945 takes revenge on the sub with a seaplane.
Sinekatalog’s take
Peter Yates's war drama, with Peter O'Toole, is intense and obsessive, with a downbeat ending.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (4,477 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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