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Twilight Time has released the 1965 WWII espionage thriller "Morituri" as a region-free, limited edition (3,000 units) Blu-ray edition. The film represents yet another gem from Marlon Brando's "lost decade" of films that were bookended by the massive failure of "Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1962 and his triumphant starring role in "The Godfather ...
Morituri (1965) Approved | Action, Drama, Thriller, War. Trailer. A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Morituri (also known as The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri) is a 1965 American war thriller film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin and Trevor Howard. The cinematography was by Conrad L. Hall, and the film musical score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Brando's career presumably took a dive in the 60s, but Morituri is definitely a good movie with excellent performances by its two leads and it boasts some of the best camera work I've ever seen. On a scale from 1-10, I'd give the film at least an 8.
Jun 25, 2019 · In that show a U.S. nurse’s suicide date with a perverted Japanese officer is just one more grotesque wrinkle in an awful situation. This unexpected harshness likely repulsed audiences in 1965 — Morituri is not a feel-good show. Today it comes off as serious and thoughtful, if perhaps a bit leisurely paced.
The expectedly intense performances from its big names anchor Morituri’s talky yet tense wartime ticking-clock. Brando’s anxious cunning ever teetering on the cusp of being exposed, opposite Brynner’s disgruntled anti-Nazi captain surrounded by party fanatics and conscripted prisoners.
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Morituri: Directed by Bernhard Wicki. With Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard. A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
