Murphy's War (1971) starring Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret. Near the end of World War II, a German submarine sinks a British boat, and the Germans savagely machine-gun all the survivors in the water. The only one to escape with his life is Murphy (O'Toole), who washes up on the remote jungle coast of the Orinoco River. He is tended to by a Quaker doctor, and no sooner are Murphy's wounds healed than he begins to make plans to take revenge on the Germans. His apparent success, however, only brings down the wrath of the Germans upon the village which has been sheltering him. It soon becomes clear that Murphy has taken leave of his senses, and nobody plays a madman better than O'Toole. Murphy's war ends with a bang. The subtitles are good. Grade: B+
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