

Morituri
Must mean something unusual
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
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- Language
- English
- mutiny
- drowning
- submarine
- secret mission
- world war ii
- fog
- convoy
- cargo ship
- anti war
- jewish girl
- merchant marine
- disarm
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical24 Aug 1965
BrazilBR
- Physical12Videolar S/A6 Nov 2007
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1217 Sept 1965
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Morituri was released on 24 August 1965.
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2- W7/10
Wuchak
1/1/2019
***WWII suspense/drama about a freighter in the Pacific with Brando and Brynner*** A German expatriate pacifist (Marlon Brando) is forced to pose as an SS Standard Leader for the purpose of disabling the scuttling charges on a merchant ship carrying rubber vital to the German war effort. Yul Brynner plays the disillusioned captain (Mueller), Martin Benrath the gun-ho first officer (Kruse), Janet Margolin an abused…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/10/2022
"Crain" (Marlon Brando) is quietly sitting out WWII at his home in India when he gets a visit from the "Col. Statter" (Trevor Howard) who delivers a few home truths in order to get him to volunteer to help commandeer a ship loaded with rubber leaving Japan and heading to Nazi controlled Bordeaux. His task is to use his expertise to disable the scuttling explosives hard-wired aboard in the event of any aggressor inter…
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