Hell Boats
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paul Wendkos
James Franciscus
Elizabeth Shepherd
Ronald Allen
Reuven Bar-yotam
Inigo Jackson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Tom Jeffords, an American serving as a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to the blockaded island of Malta and ordered to create a plan to destroy a German arsenal in Augusta, Sicily, thus allowing the British to transport supplies to their troops in North Africa. Jeffords foresees the difficult nature of the operation, and he imposes strict discipline on the men in his command, an act which incurs their enmity. Despite Jeffords' warning, three men are killed in a reconnaissance mission. Comdr. Roger Ashurst, with whose estranged wife, Alison, Jeffords has become acquainted, doubts the success of Jeffords' plan, though he volunteers to command a German E-boat, a motor torpedo boat which the Germans call a "hell boat," and pilot it through German lines. The men destroy the arsenal, and Ashurst's bravery results in his being reunited with Alison.
Director
Paul Wendkos
Cast
James Franciscus
Elizabeth Shepherd
Ronald Allen
Reuven Bar-yotam
Inigo Jackson
Mark Hawkins
Drewe Henley
Magda Konopka
Takis Emmanuel
Philip Madoc
Sean Barrett
Andreas Malandrinos
Crew
Ron Ballanger
Paul Beeson
Norman Bolland
Ann Box
Jill Carpenter
Peter Carter
Frank Cordell
Ian, (lieut. Comdr., Royal Navy Ret.) Cox
Bill Creed
Eileen Fletcher
Derek Ford
Donald Ford
William S. Gilmore Jr.
Chris Kenny
Derek Knowler
Duncan Macphee
Mirisch Films
Eva Monley
Denys Pavitt
Tony Pratt
Lewis J. Rachmil
S. S. Schweitzer
John S. Smith
Ken Softley
Anthony Spinner
Hugh Strain
Anthony Waye
John Winbolt
Film Details
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Filmed on location on Malta. Released in Great Britain caApr 1970; running time: 95 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1969
Released in United States 1969
