Just prior to World War I the hard drinking, sharpshooting, Irish American Colonel Flynn O'Flynn uses British aristocrat Sebastian Oldsmith to help poach ivory from German controlled territory in East Africa, putting them at odds with Herman Fleischer, the local German Provincial Commander. | He is a writer, known for Dark of the Sun (1968), Shout at the Devil … | The opening title card read: "Zanzibar Africa, 1913". Sir Roger Moore says in his biography that Lee Marvin once took a baby in his arms while he was drunk, and then the child collapsed because of the alcohol smell. Action. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness. Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. [3] The first thing you notice about this film is the racist MPAA. Movies. Ian Holm, Alien and Lord of the Rings Star, Passes Away at 88, Mötley Crüe Announces Soundtrack to Netflix Film The Dirt, Pre-Order Now & Out 3/22, Movies with the Same Name as Songs, Albums or Bands, lee marvin* 32/30 37_195-2_11=35_184 {1LRN_1LRW}, The Cinema Snob: The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Connections Rosa sees Sebastian and stays with him in the infirmary and sends a note she needs to talk to Fleischer. To know when people like your submissions, answer your questions, reply to you, etc., please. Some movie posters featured a long text preamble that read: "Filmed with all the spectacle of 'King Solomon's Mines', the drama of 'African Queen', the passion of 'Snows of Kilimanjaro' and the majesty of 'Lawrence of Arabia'. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The time and place the movie is set is Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1913. The ... See full summary ». 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 ). Wilbur Smith was born on January 9, 1933 in Rhodesia as Wilbur Addison Smith. Fleischer finds him before he dies and hangs him. | Keep your little bookworms engaged outside of the classroom with our selection of the very best literary adaptations. Has anyone else noticed the absolutely uncanny both visual and even verbal similarity of the pretty and demure actress in this film to the American actress Joan Hackett? Blücher as it undergoes repairs in a local estuary. Menu. Not long afterwards, Britain declares war on Germany and they are drawn into the conflict, ultimately making a daring attack on the German armored cruiser S.M.S. ", Final of two cinema movie collaborations of Sir. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Crazy Credits Use the HTML below. A cardinal sin in the Navy. A book plot that didn't make it into the movie was Flynn was long obsessed with an elephant with legendary long tusks called "Ploughs the Earth." Goofs The time that the bomb was set to go off, on the German battle cruiser S.M.S. When Sebastian is infected with malaria, he is nursed back to health by Flynn's daughter Rosa, they fall in love and marry. She informs he and the German Captain that a bomb is aboard and will go off momentarily. During World War II, the British must attack a German ship, but it's safe in neutral Goa. Mistakes, goofs, trivia, quotes, pictures and more for Shout at the Devil (1976). Was this review helpful to you? Chris Frost . 16 of 26 people found this review helpful. A Chicago psychoanalyst's patient and secretary are murdered and he becomes the police's prime suspect despite his claims that someone is trying to frame him.