The Sea Wolves The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse (Original title)Die Seewölfe Kommen (Alternative title)The Sea Wolves (Alternative title)Boarding Party (Alternative title)
Dates: 1980 (Copyright), 03 July 1980 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, SwitzerlandDirected by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: War adventure based on true events. In India in 1943, a mission is undertaken to stop the destruction of Allied shipping by Nazi U-boats receiving leaked shipping information. This info is known to be sent out from a secret radio transmitter aboard the 'Ehrenfels', one of three German ships anchored in the Portugese port of Mormugoa. As the port is in neutral Portuguese waters, no official forces can be involved, and so Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh hatches a plot to sabotage the German boats using civilians. He duly recruits The Calcutta Light Horse, a part-time territorial unit of former British soldiers who are now middle-aged businessmen based in Calcutta. They journey to Goa, where, aiming to destroy all three German ships, they will pose as tourists on an innocent sailing trip whose nighttime boarding of the 'Ehrenfels' is supposedly nothing more than a drunken lark.
Genres: War, Action and Adventure
Subjects: World War II, Calcutta, Goa, Espionage, Radio transmitters, Ports, Sabotage
Releases
Date: 03 July 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 122 mins Length: 10976 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 01 August 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11109 FeetDialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): GermanDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 05 June 1981Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bond part 4: he who daredAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Producer Euan Lloyd discusses the making of his last three films: The SEA WOLVES, WHO DARES WINS and WILD GEESE II.
In: Cinema Retro v1 n3 Autumn 2005 Pages: 56-59
Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bind part 3: the big pictureAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Euan Lloyd about the making of The WILD GEESE and The SEA WOLVES.
In: Motion Picture Product Digest v9 n1 17 Jun 1981 Page: 2
Title: [Motion Picture Product Digest - v9 n1 17 Jun 1981: no known title]Language: English
In: Movietone News n66-67 13 Mar 1981 Pages: 43-44
Title: [Movietone News - n66-67 13 Mar 1981: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v31 n4 April 1980 Pages: uj 36-37
Title: [Photoplay - v31 n4 April 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Picture preview.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n559 August 1980 Page: 160
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n559 August 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v30 n6 June 1980 Pages: 17-18
Title: [Film Review - v30 n6 June 1980: no known title]Article type: Location ReportLanguage: English
Description: Illustrated location report.
In: Variety 9 Jul 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 9 Jul 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v9 n105 May 1980 Pages: 362-363
Title: [Films Illustrated - v9 n105 May 1980: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on the filming.
In: Screen International n249 12 Jul 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n249 12 Jul 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v259 n25 4 Dec 1979 Page: 11
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v259 n25 4 Dec 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n210 6 Oct 1979 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n210 6 Oct 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note.
In: Page: 48
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Brief review.
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11109 FeetBFI identifier: C-814133
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11091 FeetBFI identifier: C-614887
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4327 FeetBFI identifier: C-619161
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Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4327 FeetBFI identifier: C-619161
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11103 FeetBFI identifier: C-151248
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11109 FeetBFI identifier: C-814133
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11091 FeetBFI identifier: C-614887
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Dates: 1980 (Copyright), 03 July 1980 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, SwitzerlandDirected by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: War adventure based on true events. In India in 1943, a mission is undertaken to stop the destruction of Allied shipping by Nazi U-boats receiving leaked shipping information. This info is known to be sent out from a secret radio transmitter aboard the 'Ehrenfels', one of three German ships anchored in the Portugese port of Mormugoa. As the port is in neutral Portuguese waters, no official forces can be involved, and so Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh hatches a plot to sabotage the German boats using civilians. He duly recruits The Calcutta Light Horse, a part-time territorial unit of former British soldiers who are now middle-aged businessmen based in Calcutta. They journey to Goa, where, aiming to destroy all three German ships, they will pose as tourists on an innocent sailing trip whose nighttime boarding of the 'Ehrenfels' is supposedly nothing more than a drunken lark.
Genres: War, Action and Adventure
Subjects: World War II, Calcutta, Goa, Espionage, Radio transmitters, Ports, Sabotage
Releases
Date: 03 July 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRRuntime: 122 mins Length: 10976 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 01 August 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11109 FeetDialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): GermanDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Date: 05 June 1981Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Credits
(70)
©: Master Mace Ltd, Production Company: Richmond Light Horse Productions, For: Varius A.G., Presents: Lorimar, Executive Producer: Chris Chrisafis, Produced by: Euan Lloyd, Co-producer: Jorge L. Araneta, Associate Producer: Harold Buck, Production Associate: Scot Finch, Production Manager: Norman Foster, Production manager (India): Mohamed Shafi, Manager (Goa unit): Mario Cabral e Sa, Production Liaison: Ronnie Bear, Production Accountant: Maureen Newman, Location Manager: Neville Thompson, Production Assistant: Barbara Back, Assistant Director: Bert Batt, Continuity: Angela Allen, Casting Director: Rose Tobias Shaw, Screenplay by: Reginald Rose, Based on the book 'Boarding Party' by: James Leasor, Director of Photography: Tony Imi, Camera Operator: Tony White, Camera (2nd Unit): Tony Braun, Gaffer: John Fenner, [Title Stills]: Damodar Malgalji & Company (Goa), Stills Photographer: Graham Attwood, Special Effects: Kit West, Special Effects: Nick Allder, Film Editor: John Glen, Assembly Editor: John Grover, Peter Davies, Production Designed by: Syd Cain, Art Director: Maurice Cain, Assistant Art Director: John King, Tony Reading, Set Dresser: Robin Tarsnane, Costume Designer: Elsa Fennell, Costume Assistant: Patrick Wheatley, Chief Make-up Artist: Neville Smallwood, Titles and Graphics Designed by: Maurice Binder, Colour by: Rank Film Laboratories, Lenses and Panaflex Camera by: Panavision, Original Music by: Roy Budd, Sound Recordist: David Hildyard, Chief Dubbing Mixer: Gordon K. McCallum, Dubbing Mixer: Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Dubbing Editor: Colin Miller, Dubbing Editor: Peter Pennell, Allan Sones, Action Arranger: Bob Simmons, Technical adviser (military): Lewis Pugh, Technical adviser (SOE): Colin Mackenzie, Technical adviser (CLH): W.E. Catto, Technical adviser (naval): R.K.S. Ghandi, Technical adviser (U-boat): Hans Joachim Krug, Technical adviser (German survivors): Karl Breitkopf, Technical adviser (German survivors): Erich Sautter, Technical adviser (German survivors): Fritz Dimsak, Karl Tiegel, Creative assistant (India): Mario Miranda, Liaison (ministry, India): S.K. Sharma, Services Supplied by: Shri Kiran, Services Supplied by: V. Shantaram, Raj Kamal Studios, Publicity: Brian Doyle, Publicity: Theo Cowan, Guttman & Pam
Cast
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Gregory Peck (Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh), Roger Moore (Captain Gavin Stewart), David Niven (Colonel Bill Grice), Trevor Howard (Jack Cartwright), Barbara Kellermann (Mrs Cromwell), Patrick Macnee (Major 'Yogi' Crossley), Kenneth Griffith (Wilton), Patrick Allen (Colin Mackenzie), Wolf Kahler (Trompeta), Robert Hoffmann (U-boat captain), Dan van Husen (U-boat first officer), George Mikell (Captain Rofer of the 'Ehrenfels'), Jürgen Andersen (first officer of the 'Ehrenfels'), Bernard Archard (Underhill), Martin Benson (Mr Montero), Faith Brook (Mrs Doris Grice), Allan Cuthbertson (Melborne), Edward Dentith (Lumsdaine), Clifford Earl (Sloane), Rusi Ghandhi (the governor), Percy Herbert (Dennison), Patrick Holt (Barker), Donald Houston (Hilliard), Glyn Houston (Peters), Victor Langley (Williamson), Terence Longdon (Malverne), Michael Medwin (Radcliffe), Morgan Sheppard (Lovecroft), John Standing (Finley), Graham Stark (Manners), Keith Stevenson (Manuel), Jack Watson (MacLean), Moray Watson (Breene), Brook Williams (Butterworth), Marc Zuber (Ram Das Gupta), Scot Finch (croupier), Farid Currim (room service waiter), Mohan Agashe (brothel keeper), Martin Grace (Kruger)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(14)
In: Cinema Retro v2 n4 Winter 2006 Pages: 56-59Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bond part 4: he who daredAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Producer Euan Lloyd discusses the making of his last three films: The SEA WOLVES, WHO DARES WINS and WILD GEESE II.
In: Cinema Retro v1 n3 Autumn 2005 Pages: 56-59
Title: Euan Lloyd: the ties that bind part 3: the big pictureAuthor: MCSHARRY, Mac Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Euan Lloyd about the making of The WILD GEESE and The SEA WOLVES.
In: Motion Picture Product Digest v9 n1 17 Jun 1981 Page: 2
Title: [Motion Picture Product Digest - v9 n1 17 Jun 1981: no known title]Language: English
In: Movietone News n66-67 13 Mar 1981 Pages: 43-44
Title: [Movietone News - n66-67 13 Mar 1981: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v31 n4 April 1980 Pages: uj 36-37
Title: [Photoplay - v31 n4 April 1980: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Picture preview.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v47 n559 August 1980 Page: 160
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v47 n559 August 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v30 n6 June 1980 Pages: 17-18
Title: [Film Review - v30 n6 June 1980: no known title]Article type: Location ReportLanguage: English
Description: Illustrated location report.
In: Variety 9 Jul 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Variety - 9 Jul 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v9 n105 May 1980 Pages: 362-363
Title: [Films Illustrated - v9 n105 May 1980: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on the filming.
In: Screen International n249 12 Jul 1980 Page: 18
Title: [Screen International - n249 12 Jul 1980: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v259 n25 4 Dec 1979 Page: 11
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v259 n25 4 Dec 1979: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n210 6 Oct 1979 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n210 6 Oct 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note.
In: Page: 48
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Brief review.
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11109 FeetBFI identifier: C-814133
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11091 FeetBFI identifier: C-614887
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4327 FeetBFI identifier: C-619161
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-151247
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4327 FeetBFI identifier: C-619161
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11103 FeetBFI identifier: C-151248
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11109 FeetBFI identifier: C-814133
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 11091 FeetBFI identifier: C-614887
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)