Shout at the Devil

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Shout at the Devil

PG

1976

1h 59m

Action

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American ex-military man Col. Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin) and wealthy Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) are unlikely partners in the East African ivory trade. Oldsmith woos O'Flynn's daughter, Rosa (Barbara Parkins), but on the eve of World War I, the men spend most of their time eluding occupying German troops. When the Germans kill Rosa's daughter, Oldsmith and both O'Flynns join the battle against German Cmdr. Fleischer (Reinhard Kolldehoff) and his men.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

3/4

Shout at the Devil is a big, dumb, silly movie that's impossible to dislike. It's so cheerfully corny, so willing to involve its heroes in every possible predicament, that after awhile we relax.

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Ruth Batchelor

Los Angeles Free Press

10/28/2019

Shout At The Devil can be very entertaining so long as one doesn't take it seriously.

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

10/24/2019

[Shout at the Devil] should have been, at its worst, a load of mindless fun. Mindless it is; fun it isn't.

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Antonio Lara

El Pais (Spain)

07/23/2019

Everything is predictable, boring, silly, and completely devoid of imagination and creativity. [Full Review in Spanish]

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J.C. Maçek III

PopMatters

10/07/2013

6/10

Shout at the Devil is a great adventure with lots of explosions and intrigue and hints of war. However, the way colonialism and other sensitive issues are handled shows that there is a big difference between even the attitudes of 1976 and the present.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/05/2013

2/4

[UPDATED 2025 BLU-RAY REVIEW] Despite its interesting premise, the movie is a graceless and lurching mix of brutal drama (dead babies!), lowbrow humor (Marvin drunk again!), and general daftness (Moore in blackface!).

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Andrew N

@Bottom65 Feb 14

Many today criticise this film as being dated. But it's only dated if you embrace modern woke culture. Films like this have been with me all my life. I can date my life them. This is a wonderful adventure story, is hugely entertaining and features good Cinematography. You can loose yourself in the adventure and experience a world free from today's restrictive culture and censorship. 1976 was a good year for films.The two stars may have sadly left us, but they too represent a world that was far less restrictive and willing to entertain rather than preach.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/28/2025

Failure in 1 hour and 59 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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04/26/2020

without being groundbreaking and now seeming a little old fashioned, the combination of Marvin and Moore is engaging, though the film would have benefitted from a trim

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06/19/2019

It’s a long and wearing movie that switches far too frequently between comic (Lee Marvin is a drunk), tragic (there’s an exploitative baby murder), and epic (the ultimate goal is to blow up a German cruiser). The racial politics are beyond horrifying. All blacks are ignorant and incompetent, and often savage and uncontrollable (except the trusty sidekick, naturally played by a white guy, in this case a young Bilbo, in blackface). Speaking of blackface, Roger Moore goes around in that for a bit. Yeah. The ultimate goal of destroying a German warship by tracing the supplies they’re getting shipped overland and sneaking on board with dynamite is a good one with plenty of potential. It just takes us too long to get there and we’re given too much of Lee Marvin being an utterly unlikeable bastard. This is one of those movies that thinks so long as you give them a moment of redemption towards the end you can have your heroes do anything.

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09/16/2013

Passable, though uneven and overlong great-white-hunter/"African Queen" style war film set in Africa. The cast (Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Ian Holm) make the film watchable and director Peter Hunt can direct a decent action sequence. Maurice Jarre also did the music. Nothing brilliant, but I'll watch anything with Lee Marvin in it.

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08/20/2013

Un bon film d'aventure.

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Synopsis

American ex-military man Col. Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin) and wealthy Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) are unlikely partners in the East African ivory trade. Oldsmith woos O'Flynn's daughter, Rosa (Barbara Parkins), but on the eve of World War I, the men spend most of their time eluding occupying German troops. When the Germans kill Rosa's daughter, Oldsmith and both O'Flynns join the battle against German Cmdr. Fleischer (Reinhard Kolldehoff) and his men.

Director: Peter Hunt
Producer: Michael Klinger
Screenwriter: Stanley Price, Alastair Reid, Wilbur Smith
Production Co: Tonav Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 59m

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