THE SEA WOLVES (1980) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Andrew V. McLaglen
Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven,
Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee,
Percy Herbert, Donald Houston, John Standing
A kind of geriatric "Guns of Navarone", with Peck and Moore as cloak-and-dagger operatives who recruit a gang of Boer War veterans to take out a German ship anchored off the coast of India during World War Two. Improbably, the story it's based on is true, which would make the actual commandos at least as old as the actors playing them. Loaded with anachronisms, from Peck's quasi-British accent to Moore's tux-and-a-smirk James Bond routine. It's fun to watch the old boys at work. Just don't expect "The Guns of Navarone".
Roger Moore
(1927-2017)
