{"product_id":"murphys-war-le","title":"MURPHY'S WAR - LE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Peter Yates, 1971)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: 30 May 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eLimited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter O’Toole (\u003cem\u003eThe Ruling Class\u003c\/em\u003e) gives one of his most spirited and memorable performances in \u003cem\u003eMurphy’s War\u003c\/em\u003e, a blood-and-thunder adventure film directed with grit by Peter Yates (\u003cem\u003eThe Friends of Eddie Coyle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Deep\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eO’Toole is the titular Irish merchant seaman, whose ship is attacked by a German U-boat on the Orinoco river in Venezuela during the dying days of World War II. The sole survivor, Murphy is picked up by a French oil engineer (Philippe Noiret, \u003cem\u003eCinema Paradiso\u003c\/em\u003e) and taken to a native village hospital where he is treated by the pacifist Quaker Dr Hayden (Siân Phillips, \u003cem\u003eBecket\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDune\u003c\/em\u003e). During his convalescence, Murphy plots his one man war on the enemy U-boat that callously slaughtered his shipmates…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilmed on location in infamously uncompromising conditions, \u003cem\u003eMurphy’s War\u003c\/em\u003e combines impressively staged action with harsh realism and good humour. 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