I guess all or mostly negative critics are from America. I was not the perfect movie, but many American movie on WWII should never have been on the big screen. I was delightful to see David Niven, Trevor Howard, Patrick Macnee, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and many more. ''In the film, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to execute a daring mission that could changed the course of history.'' Film critic, Robert Roten wrote: "a workmanlike film told in a non-flashy, straightforward way, featuring an all-star cast.''. A great entertaining movie, it was.
I’m from the Philippines. Yes it’s a great movie! No CGI’s! Big stars with a subtle yet entertaining presentation; nothing bombastic like today’s trash.
@@markcoveryourassets : Are you aware that the essence of this event is actually true and was carried out by The Calcutta Light Horse who were disbanded in 1947?
What you have missed is that it was a dramatic re-enactment of a true event, possibly even more implausible in it's audacity than this story-line with the actual photos of the leading individuals in the movie's end credits.
SOOOOOOOOOOOO many world class actors from all over the world. Even the Goa'n music was authentic. I lived 7 years in Goa. Lots of memories. Jai Hind. Jai Goa.
A true story, codenamed "Operation Creek". But the film contains some inaccuracies. In fact the movie was a work of fiction based on an actual event. In the real raid "Captain" Gavin Stewart was in fact a Colonel, not a Captain. Also there were no casualties among any of the British personnel, unlike in the movie. In the real raid, they did not blow the ships up with Limpet mines but the Germans scuttled their own ships. Unlike in the movie, dozens of Germans were not killed. The actual German death toll was four. The rest swam ashore. The lone woman Nazi agent was in reality not a lone woman, but was a Gestapo couple codenamed "Trompeta" or Trumpet. In fact Trompeta wasn't actually her codename. It was her male partners/husbands codename. She was only assisting him. In the real life incident, she was not killed by Stewart as depicted in the movie, but both her and her partner were captured during the raid and later interrogated by British Intelligence. Interestingly, there is no surviving records of her or her partner. No trace exists today of her. Even though she was spying on British shipping leaving port for German U-Boats,. They couldn't be legally tried and executed as spies, due to the fact they were illegally abducted operating in the neutral Portuguese Territory of Goa, and not within British jurisdiction. Therefore they hadn't committed any espionage related offences under British law. They couldn't be legally interned in a PoW camp either. And at the same time, because they were spies they couldn't let them go so they could continue working for the Nazis against the Allies. All of which presents the little matter of what to do with them. So it would seem British Military Intelligence found another way to solve the problem of what to do with her and her partner. So, lets just say that war is a dirty business and the Intelligence game is as filthy as it gets. Rules get broken and when that happens you just don't keep any records. Hence, no trace of them.
Regarding the couple called Trompeta, "Just be glad that individuals exist who are prepared to perform bad acts which allow you to sleep peacefully at night".
@@stuartmccall5474 Absolutely right. I'm ex military. I have an MTP (Multicam) baseball cap with velcro patches front and back. On the front, I have a patch which says "We Do BAD Things to BAD People." When the circumstance dictate, it is necessary to do bad things to bad people, if it will prevent them from doing bad things to friendly people.
Judging by some of the comments some people are taking this film far too seriously. To be watched with tongue very firmly in the cheek and then you'll enjoy it. Besides it's based on actual events
@Roadrunner_1000oh I rather imagine that war is very serious. Try reading my comment again and try to work out if my comment was about war in general or specific to this movie. And for your information there is a movie genre called ' war comedy'
It’s amazing how they managed to put so many great actors/actresses together into one movie. A great cast. Hollywood and the movie industry/music industries will never be like the great eras of the past. It’s all gone. Everything has focused on money and profit with violence and sex as the main ingredients. The arts of it have been swept overboard. As it is the way of the world.
Giving elderly actors employment, which is exactly what happened in this, historically. *Deadly* lady. Basic Instinct. Excellent, entertaining movie. 4 German survivors of the ships helped out with technical assistance for the film.
Great movie 44 years on ,Respect to the Calcutta horse Brigade ,Great Talents from Trevor Howard ,David Niven ,Roger Moore ,Barbara Kellerman and Patrick Allen ,R I P the cast in this 1980 Gem based on true events ,R I P Gregory Peck also along with Lord Louis Mountbatten 😢🙏🏻
Back when there were so any great seasoned actors in Hollywood, etc.; unlike the last 20-30 years when there are hardly any good actors available at all.
They did their best with some geriatric old war heroes. It's hard to compare with the fast paced, karate-spy-bodybuilder movies we have now days. Today the spy has to be a pro-wrestler, have abs, look sweet for the ladies and keep a hidden room full of spy equipment. Satellite connections, silencers, submachine guns, and grenades are all in the modern spy kit and he's got to be a jiu jitsu master. Back then the plot was more important than the kung fu.
I just wish you hadn't started your comment with "They did their best". "Their best" was absolutely fantastic. But I DID read your full comment and greatly appreciate "Back then the plot was more important than the kung fu." I can watch and enjoy - as an example - MCU movies, but my favourite parts of them are when people are having conversations.
@@zenonorth1193 You may be right I did criticize too harshly. Still, it must have been good fun to make and it's a real life historical ''wild geese'' adventure.
@@blackbird5634 I didn't think you criticized too harshly. Overall, your comment came off as complimentary to the movie. Those first 4 words though made your comment seem highly critical unless one was willing to "read more". 😀
@@zenonorth1193 Wouldn't it have been a riot to be in a supporting role on this one? All those major stars, talents who had actually fought in WW2, and who'd made some of the finest war films ever, heck some of our finest classics. Trevor Howard, Gregory Peck, and on and on!! There'd have been some good whiskey spilled on set!🤣
What a joy to see David Niven and Gregory Peck working together again. They seem to really enjoy acting together, friendly gestures are so natural. Roger Moore seemed out of sorts beside them.
@@bluedolphin190 Not true. DDF insist on mutilating all their films in this way when there are often alternative complete posts on youTube, sometimes in much better quality.
Love to see old English movies that are shot in India, absolutely delighted always to see how it was under the Raj. I go back, once in a while to watch THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN to see how it was during grandfather’s time. He was in the British Indian Army and retired from the Indian Army. My father too retired from the Indian Army. The closest I got to the ‘Army’ attached to my name was when i studied in Army School’s!😅
Patrick Allen had a screen presence that deserved greater success, and of course, David Niven actually returned to GB to contribute to the war effort from his safe and luxurious home in Hollywood.....truly heroic !
I met Patrick (Crane) Allen in a hotel in Scotland when he was in the area fishing. He was a hoot, great conversationalist without any inflated ego. I agree he should have had more prime roles not just bit parts like in I was Monty’s Double.
Yes but even decades after the war he had to omit most of his war service. Its almost 80 years ago now, you'd think the MOD would let the full story come out. Niven never even mentioned the high decorations he had earned, either. By the way, he almost drowned - the fishing boat sinking scene - making the Guns of Navarone, it's a harrowing story. Peck, Quinn, Darren as well almost died.
Long long time ago my friend. Roger Moore as passed 7 years since and its been a long time since the British sat all afternoon drinking singapore slings while lamenting their old war stories during the British Raj.
@@CARLIN4737 That would depend upon the individual. After all is said and done, I'm old enough to remember when the Korean War started, a mere six years after WWII concluded, and hoping for it to end. I also remember at nine years old wishing for Eisenhower's defeat of then POTUS Harry S, Truman and Ike's promise to end the war, which he did. There were extremely few TVs at the time and the only news most of us got was either from listening to a battery powered radio or at the local theater on the weekends. Btw...the battery that powered the radio was about the size of a modern automobile battery, or possibly larger, while the radio was more the size of the old timey juke box that offered to play records for 5 cents each or 6 for a quarter! Ain't it funny how time slips away! (statement, not a question, punctuation wise) Molon Labe...Semper Fi
44:23 David Niven's joke about the Hungarian omlette. Well, a couple of years after they filmed this movie, he personally cracked me the same Hungarian omelette joke, however by that time it went like this: "First, you steal a dozen eggs." Oh well.
Even it's an older Movie, I love to see all the actors, like David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and all the other well known actors from different Movies where they had the main roles... Even it's a war movie, that made me sometimes smiling too, it was funny and made me laughter.
A reasonably good movie ,excellent entertainment value.Roger Moore,Gregory Peck and David Niven all starring in one movie maybe not such a good idea,rather have them take the lead role on their own but we'll acted.
Peck convincingly played a British officer in the Guns of Navarone and Horatio Hornblower. Odd things is that he doesn't really alter his accent. He seems to make it convincing by force of character.
The book differs quite a lot No mrs cromwell Trompetta was a married couple kidnapped by lewis and pugh Jack cartwright wasnt killed He was the beach lookout Grice pugh and lewis were all On the boats raiding party
I guess all or mostly negative critics are from America. I was not the perfect movie, but many American movie on WWII should never have been on the big screen. I was delightful to see David Niven, Trevor Howard, Patrick Macnee, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and many more. ''In the film, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to execute a daring mission that could changed the course of history.'' Film critic, Robert Roten wrote: "a workmanlike film told in a non-flashy, straightforward way, featuring an all-star cast.''. A great entertaining movie, it was.
I’m a Yank. I loved it.
Yo! Me too!@@markcoveryourassets
I’m from the Philippines. Yes it’s a great movie! No CGI’s! Big stars with a subtle yet entertaining presentation; nothing bombastic like today’s trash.
@@markcoveryourassets : Are you aware that the essence of this event is actually true and was carried out by The Calcutta Light Horse who were disbanded in 1947?
What you have missed is that it was a dramatic re-enactment of a true event, possibly even more implausible in it's audacity than this story-line with the actual photos of the leading individuals in the movie's end credits.
Best team work of Gregory Peck Roger Moore & David Niven!
SOOOOOOOOOOOO many world class actors from all over the world. Even the Goa'n music was authentic. I lived 7 years in Goa. Lots of memories. Jai Hind. Jai Goa.
Great movie. Really enjoyable.. thanks.
A Great film with an amazing " Cast ". Really enjoyed this old film..
Much better than I expected. Actually one of Roger Moore’s better films, and a stellar cast of British character actors.
Good to see all that past generation of great actors. Perhaps their "finest hour." Thanks for posting.
Thank you. Glad you found the movie interesting too.
I see Gregory Peck, I jump on it! Excellent Actor, Never Better !!!!
so delightfully British allowing us to see again with passion these so great actors! thank you
An entertaining film with a great cast. The story is loosely based on actual events.
It's on Lindybeige's channel.....
I've watched this a couple of times and really enjoy it. Niven, Moore, and Peck are all excellent.
Great movie, amazing cast and a true story.
Great film based on a True Story and operation that wasn't de-classified until 1978.
A damn good movie. Despite maybe not fully true. First class veteran actors. Excellent movie overall.
It isn't a DOCUMENTARY.
Wow, 😮 what a cast. Thank you for this cool movie.
I am from India. Enjoyed watching this movie as it was shot mostly in Indian cities
Great to see so many old actors in one film, with something to get their teeth into.
The 2 main pillars of
“The Guns Of Navarone”
Horses soldiers reconverted
from polo to water polo with mines as balls 🏀
4:00
good old Trevor Howard of
“Cockleshell Heroes”
A true story, codenamed "Operation Creek". But the film contains some inaccuracies. In fact the movie was a work of fiction based on an actual event.
In the real raid "Captain" Gavin Stewart was in fact a Colonel, not a Captain.
Also there were no casualties among any of the British personnel, unlike in the movie.
In the real raid, they did not blow the ships up with Limpet mines but the Germans scuttled their own ships. Unlike in the movie, dozens of Germans were not killed. The actual German death toll was four. The rest swam ashore.
The lone woman Nazi agent was in reality not a lone woman, but was a Gestapo couple codenamed "Trompeta" or Trumpet. In fact Trompeta wasn't actually her codename. It was her male partners/husbands codename. She was only assisting him.
In the real life incident, she was not killed by Stewart as depicted in the movie, but both her and her partner were captured during the raid and later interrogated by British Intelligence.
Interestingly, there is no surviving records of her or her partner. No trace exists today of her. Even though she was spying on British shipping leaving port for German U-Boats,.
They couldn't be legally tried and executed as spies, due to the fact they were illegally abducted operating in the neutral Portuguese Territory of Goa, and not within British jurisdiction. Therefore they hadn't committed any espionage related offences under British law.
They couldn't be legally interned in a PoW camp either.
And at the same time, because they were spies they couldn't let them go so they could continue working for the Nazis against the Allies. All of which presents the little matter of what to do with them.
So it would seem British Military Intelligence found another way to solve the problem of what to do with her and her partner.
So, lets just say that war is a dirty business and the Intelligence game is as filthy as it gets. Rules get broken and when that happens you just don't keep any records.
Hence, no trace of them.
Regarding the couple called Trompeta, "Just be glad that individuals exist who are prepared to perform bad acts which allow you to sleep peacefully at night".
@@stuartmccall5474 Absolutely right. I'm ex military. I have an MTP (Multicam) baseball cap with velcro patches front and back. On the front, I have a patch which says "We Do BAD Things to BAD People."
When the circumstance dictate, it is necessary to do bad things to bad people, if it will prevent them from doing bad things to friendly people.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I love the wonderful actors... fantastic job.
A super evening entertainment.
Judging by some of the comments some people are taking this film far too seriously.
To be watched with tongue very firmly in the cheek and then you'll enjoy it.
Besides it's based on actual events
I enjoyed the many double entendre.
@Roadrunner_1000oh I rather imagine that war is very serious.
Try reading my comment again and try to work out if my comment was about war in general or specific to this movie.
And for your information there is a movie genre called ' war comedy'
Great movie and genuine history. Some of the original participants in the raid were consultants. Read the credits at the end. Amazing cast,
Thank you. Great to see those classic actors again (for the first time.)
It’s amazing how they managed to put so many great actors/actresses together into one movie. A great cast. Hollywood and the movie industry/music industries will never be like the great eras of the past. It’s all gone. Everything has focused on money and profit with violence and sex as the main ingredients. The arts of it have been swept overboard. As it is the way of the world.
Yes, we'll never see movies like this anymore because all the classy actors are gone and movies today aim to shock with ugliness more than entertain.
I found this to be a good film. Well acted.
Great film, very enjoyable.
What a fantastic movie thanks
Peck is my fav. Never missed any of his films...
Giving elderly actors employment, which is exactly what happened in this, historically. *Deadly* lady. Basic Instinct.
Excellent, entertaining movie. 4 German survivors of the ships helped out with technical assistance for the film.
A great movie. Full star cast and an interesting story based on a true happening.
True story of Operation Creek and the Calcutta Light Horse raid on Goa
The story is on Lindybeige's channel.
Not entirely true. A very large percentage of the movie is fiction. See my more detailed comment above.
Great movie 44 years on ,Respect to the Calcutta horse Brigade ,Great Talents from Trevor Howard ,David Niven ,Roger Moore ,Barbara Kellerman and Patrick Allen ,R I P the cast in this 1980 Gem based on true events ,R I P Gregory Peck also along with Lord Louis Mountbatten 😢🙏🏻
Back when there were so any great seasoned actors in Hollywood, etc.; unlike the last 20-30 years when there are hardly any good actors available at all.
Terrific spirit. Thank you.
❤ hermoso conjunto de buenos actores y muy buena película gracias
They did their best with some geriatric old war heroes. It's hard to compare with the fast paced, karate-spy-bodybuilder movies we have now days.
Today the spy has to be a pro-wrestler, have abs, look sweet for the ladies and keep a hidden room full of spy equipment.
Satellite connections, silencers, submachine guns, and grenades are all in the modern spy kit and he's got to be a jiu jitsu master.
Back then the plot was more important than the kung fu.
Based on fact
I just wish you hadn't started your comment with "They did their best". "Their best" was absolutely fantastic. But I DID read your full comment and greatly appreciate "Back then the plot was more important than the kung fu." I can watch and enjoy - as an example - MCU movies, but my favourite parts of them are when people are having conversations.
@@zenonorth1193 You may be right I did criticize too harshly.
Still, it must have been good fun to make and it's a real life historical ''wild geese'' adventure.
@@blackbird5634 I didn't think you criticized too harshly. Overall, your comment came off as complimentary to the movie. Those first 4 words though made your comment seem highly critical unless one was willing to "read more". 😀
@@zenonorth1193 Wouldn't it have been a riot to be in a supporting role on this one? All those major stars, talents who had actually fought in WW2, and who'd made some of the finest war films ever, heck some of our finest classics. Trevor Howard, Gregory Peck, and on and on!!
There'd have been some good whiskey spilled on set!🤣
Very good film, but as some commenter has pointed out, no titles in the beginning or the end. Maybe, also some parts of the beginning and the end.
Good Film excellent cast.
Great cast, great film.
Really that is amazing film
Getting a one-eyed man to guard the German prisoners, and giving them keys to escape the explosion is so British. So cricket!
What a joy to see David Niven and Gregory Peck working together again. They seem to really enjoy acting together, friendly gestures are so natural. Roger Moore seemed out of sorts beside them.
Very good movie! Thanks
Anything with David Niven in it is good enough for me !
Great movie 🤩🤩💖
Good movie great cast
What “full movie”? You’ve left out the excellent opening and closing credits - and music! This a superb film, with a fabulous cast!
Only way to post it on UA-cam without banning it i think
@@bluedolphin190 Not true. DDF insist on mutilating all their films in this way when there are often alternative complete posts on youTube, sometimes in much better quality.
Agree. I love the part when she tried to stab Gavin. And I love the music, The Previous Moments. Classic.
Great movie. Gregory Peck owns the movie, seconded by many great actors.
GREGORY PEEK, DAVID NIVEN , ROGER MOORE.
Love to see old English movies that are shot in India, absolutely delighted always to see how it was under the Raj.
I go back, once in a while to watch THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN to see how it was during grandfather’s time. He was in the British Indian Army and retired from the Indian Army. My father too retired from the Indian Army.
The closest I got to the ‘Army’ attached to my name was when i studied in Army School’s!😅
Good movie
Great fun thanx!
Not only fun also a lot wounded heroes too... But in many times funny - right...
Well it's a good movie of it's time. Atiq Khan. Karachi.
En krigsfilm av den bättre skolan.😊i forget to put it in english, also. A warmovie of better Quality.
Sicherlich!...
Niven, a very English gentleman along with Peter Cushing
Patrick Allen had a screen presence that deserved greater success, and of course, David Niven actually returned to GB to contribute to the war effort from his safe and luxurious home in Hollywood.....truly heroic !
I met Patrick (Crane) Allen in a hotel in Scotland when he was in the area fishing. He was a hoot, great conversationalist without any inflated ego. I agree he should have had more prime roles not just bit parts like in I was Monty’s Double.
Great film
Great movie and casting too. Thanks for sharing this great film 🎬🇫🇮
Great movie!
Gregory Peck would have played an excellent villain in a Bond film!
He has played the bad guy just not often
He might also have been a great James Bond.
@@harryselwind For shure!
Great inspiration movie for a 61y0....
Roger Moore is junior to Gregory Peck (Boys from Brazil) and Sir David Niven. Can't find the name of the movie. I've never seen this before. 😊
The Sea Wolves
Great film
@@terrybarrett2368 Thank you.
Actually, it's a good movie.
Best bit of acting R.Moore did.
Great movie thanks 😂
I M FROM GOA, INDIA.
STUPENDOUS MOVIE.
VIVA GOA.
Heading to Goa in two months
Great movie 😊
Good British film
Mořští vlci | Celý film v angličtině | Akční historie válka
Classic old war film ⚓🇬🇧✌🏻
Fantastic!
David Niven was actually a WWII commando and took part in operations. He described it in his inimitable way in his autobiography.
Yes but even decades after the war he had to omit most of his war service. Its almost 80 years ago now, you'd think the
MOD would let the full story come out. Niven never even mentioned the high decorations he had earned, either.
By the way, he almost drowned - the fishing boat sinking scene - making the Guns of Navarone, it's a harrowing story.
Peck, Quinn, Darren as well almost died.
I love the name of the headquarters "The Calcutta Light Horse".
Different era
Not too long ago.
Long long time ago my friend. Roger Moore as passed 7 years since and its been a long time since the British sat all afternoon drinking singapore slings while lamenting their old war stories during the British Raj.
@@CARLIN4737
That would depend upon the individual. After all is said and done, I'm old enough to remember when the Korean War started, a mere six years after WWII concluded, and hoping for it to end. I also remember at nine years old wishing for Eisenhower's defeat of then POTUS Harry S, Truman and Ike's promise to end the war, which he did.
There were extremely few TVs at the time and the only news most of us got was either from listening to a battery powered radio or at the local theater on the weekends. Btw...the battery that powered the radio was about the size of a modern automobile battery, or possibly larger, while the radio was more the size of the old timey juke box that offered to play records for 5 cents each or 6 for a quarter!
Ain't it funny how time slips away! (statement, not a question, punctuation wise)
Molon Labe...Semper Fi
That was the UNIT, not the HQ.
فلم حربي جميل جدا
Brilliant film seen it five times ❤
Its shows those actors who did active service, great men.
44:23 David Niven's joke about the Hungarian omlette. Well, a couple of years after they filmed this movie, he personally cracked me the same Hungarian omelette joke, however by that time it went like this: "First, you steal a dozen eggs." Oh well.
A. Great. Gold. Classic. Movie. 📽 and. Don't. The. Top. Cast. 🎥 💯💢💥💫👌
📽 👌 🎥
I watched
Even it's an older Movie, I love to see all the actors, like David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and all the other well known actors from different Movies where they had the main roles... Even it's a war movie, that made me sometimes smiling too, it was funny and made me laughter.
A reasonably good movie ,excellent entertainment value.Roger Moore,Gregory Peck and David Niven all starring in one movie maybe not such a good idea,rather have them take the lead role on their own but we'll acted.
hank you so much, aloha.
shooting is in Goa which has strong portuguese influence, but one cannot mistake the landmarks
In case you haven't been told today Mrs. Cromwell you are quite a lovely Shiela!
“Roh eins……LOS!”
“Torpedo läuft, Herr Kaleun…..”. 🤓
Never saw this gem
Reminds of Guns of Navaron!
How orderly administration keeps a country above others
For anyone interested in the factual version of this Lindybeige has done a very humerous doc.
unashamed escapism. I enjoyed it.By the way how did Gregory Peck manage to pick up his British accent ?
It's called acting.
Peck convincingly played a British officer in the Guns of Navarone and Horatio Hornblower. Odd things is that he doesn't really alter his accent. He seems to make it convincing by force of character.
What British accent ???
The last charge of Calcutta light horse
13:22 No my Husband is Dead, perhaps you're not familiar with the fate of Oliver Cromwell ???
The background music needs to be more in the background .
In this old movies loud music was a part to grow the tension...
Geniusen .😮
Very good movie, however the bystanders early in the movie are wearing tank tops and flares😂
Yeah, you can tell it was filmed in 1979😊
Reminds me of Wild Geese a little bit
Haha, Roger Moore was still in his 007 modus in this movie.
I think this predates his James Bond stint. He was younger and more believable in the role here.
@@bobjohnbowles This movie is from 1980 , moore started the James Bond 'alter Ego' eye twitch movie carreer in 1973.
@@paulwee1924dus Ty for correcting me.
Nice,Excellent movie.
Oh, and Patrick Allen
The book differs quite a lot
No mrs cromwell
Trompetta was a married couple kidnapped by lewis and pugh
Jack cartwright wasnt killed
He was the beach lookout
Grice pugh and lewis were all
On the boats raiding party
28:56, 30:56 action scenes
A estos dos actores los vi trabajar juntos en la pelicula; cañones de navarone
Me refiero Gregory Peck y David Niven
And Roger Moore