Shout at the Devil is a British film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. The picture is a comedic adventure story set in Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1913-1915 based on a novel written by Wilbur Smith and is very loosely inspired by real events. It tells the story of Colonel Flynn O'Flynn a hard drinking American, his daughter Rosa , and an outcast English aristocrat Sebastian who falls in love with her. They are married and have a daughter together. The two men set out to get rich in German-controlled pre-World War I Tanganyika . Herman Fleischer,... German Commander of Southern Province, relentlessly hunts O'Flynn. Fleischer has a warship ram and sink O'Flynn's Arab dhow containing poached ivory. Later whilst attacking O'Flynn's home, the soldiers under Fleischer's command take the life of Sebastian's daughter Maria. During their hunt to kill Fleischer, for the death of the daughter, it's discovered that Britain is at war with Germany. Allied officers convince O'Flynn to locate and destroy the German warship awaiting repair.
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| Release date: | April 13, 1976 |
| Directed by: | Peter R. Hunt |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 150 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Klinger |
| Music by: | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography: | Michael Reed |
| Screenplay by: | Wilbur A. Smith, Stanley Price, Alastair Reid |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Shout at the Devil |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure |