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After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total
Curd Jürgens
- Cornelius
- (as Curt Jurgens)
Jûzô Itami
- Waris
- (as Ichizo Itami)
Rafiq Anwar
- Moslem Leader
- (as Rafik Anwar)
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- TriviaIn London this film was the Royal Film Performance for 1965, with Queen Elizabeth II attending the premiere. James Mason was among the stars presented to the Queen, and he was able to secure free tickets for the evening for his parents, who were both octogenarians by this time. However, they disliked the film so much that they discreetly left the theater at the intermission - even though their son had not yet appeared on-screen.
- GoofsWhen Jim is going up river, one of his companions throws a knife into another's back, but the knife is already in his back as he turns to warn Jim.
- ConnectionsFeatured in My Favorite Year (1982)
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Good Peter O'Toole performance in a great Joseph Conrad story
Moving story of an idealistic seaman forced to deal with his act of cowardice and how he ultimately redeems himself. The film has good action sequences and a moving love story. Performances by Eli Wallach and James Mason are colorful and solid, and there are plenty of Peter O'Toole's trademark "vacant stares". Daliah Lavi is gorgeous and her role more substantive than those of her other films. I love Peter O'Toole's films from this period (Lawrence of Arabia, What's New Pussycat?, Night of the Generals) and this one is as good as most of them. I looked for this film on DVD and finally had to tape it off of AMC (in the good old days before they saturated their programing with commercials). I'd like to see it restored and re-released.
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- roninstgeorge
- Mar 23, 2005
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- Runtime2 hours 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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