Top cast:Charles Ogle,Miriam Nesbitt,William West
Director:Charlie Hamilton-James
Genre:Thriller
Region:United Kingdom
Year:2013
Storyline:A jack of all trades, a master of none, like they say.Rose: Could you make a torpedo?Charlie: How""s that, Miss?Rose: Could you make a torpedo?Charlie: A torpedo?.As British soldiers lined up to fire at Captain Jack who staggered around, the Mayor""s wife Frances (Zoe Ventoura) awoke from her slumber - also within the vault.[Note: Joseph Conrad""s novellaHeart of Darknesswas an inspiration for he film.]This war story""s screenplay, written by John Milius and Coppola himself (with a separate credit for Michael Herr for Sheen""s narration), became a metaphorical backdrop for the corruptive madness and folly of war itself for a generation of Americans.It is most noted for the director""s struggle with Irving Thalberg at MGM, the studio that eventually released he film and wanted it to be of acceptable, commercial length.