The Sea Wolves (
1980) | IMDb:
6.3
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Roger Moore
,
David Niven
,
Trevor Howard
,
Barbara Kellerman
,
Patrick Macnee
Directed by:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Produced by:
The Wild Geese (
1978) | IMDb:
6.8
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Starring:
Roger Moore
,
Richard Harris
,
Hardy Krüger
,
Richard Burton
,
Stewart Granger
,
John Kani
Valentino (
1977) | IMDb:
6.1
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
Starring:
Rudolf Nureyev
,
Leslie Caron
,
Michelle Phillips
,
Carol Kane
,
Felicity Kendal
,
William Hootkins
Too Late the Hero (
1970) | IMDb:
6.6
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
Starring:
Michael Caine
,
Cliff Robertson
,
Henry Fonda
,
Ian Bannen
,
Harry Andrews
,
Denholm Elliott
Directed by:
Robert Aldrich
Casino Royale (
1967) | IMDb:
5
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Mutiny on the Bounty (
1962) | IMDb:
7.2
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Starring:
Marlon Brando
,
Trevor Howard
,
Richard Harris
,
Hugh Griffith
,
Richard Haydn
,
Percy Herbert
Mysterious Island (
1961) | IMDb:
6.7
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
The Guns of Navarone (
1961) | IMDb:
7.5
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
David Niven
,
Anthony Quinn
,
Stanley Baker
,
Anthony Quayle
,
James Darren
The Bridge on the River Kwai (
1957) | IMDb:
8.1
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Starring:
William Holden
,
Alec Guinness
,
Jack Hawkins
,
Sessue Hayakawa
,
James Donald
,
Geoffrey Horne
Produced by:
Sam Spiegel