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Shout at the Devil is a 1976 British war adventure film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. The film, set in Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1913–1914, is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith which is very loosely inspired by real events (see the sinking of the SMS Königsberg ). [4]
Apr 23, 1976 · With Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm. During World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.
American ex-military man Col. Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin) and wealthy Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) are unlikely partners in the East African ivory trade. Oldsmith woos O'Flynn's daughter, Rosa...
The movie moves at breakneck speed; it may not be subtle, but it's never boring. Within a few more scenes, Marvin and Moore will have marched to the interior, shot several elephants, been attacked, by crocodiles, run down by a German warship, left to drown and rescued by friendly natives.
Just before 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.
Overview. During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.
Shout at the Devil. 1976 · 2 hr 30 min. PG. Action · Adventure · Comedy · War. In East Africa, an Irish-American sot and his daughter team up with a London aristocrat to get a stash of ivory past German forces before World War I.
