
Morituri
Must mean something unusual
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
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About Morituri
- Directors
- Bernhard Wicki
- Cast
- Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller, War
- Content rating
- NR
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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