Here it is, almost a decade after O'Toole's glory in (perhaps Great Britain's greatest director) David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962). That is truly an epic film, with a stunning cast, and a running time of almost 4 hours (including the epilogue, intermission and prologue). Peter O'Toole received top billing, and the rightly (as the English say), and was shot to film stardom (along with several other brilliant actors). O'Toole will always remind me of Malcolm McDowell, who had the lead role in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", which (coincidentally) was released the same year (1971) as this film ("Murphy's War".) Peter O'Toole became a terrible alcoholic (McDowell had his own demons, but finally beat them). He also worked his entire life, until he sadly passed away in 2013 at 81 years of age, which is quite good, considering the abuse he put on his liver. Malcolm McDowell (a younger man) is still working, and, has quite a large family. BTW, the director of this film, Peter Yates, became famous for directing "Bullitt" in 1968. It was Steve McQueen's seminal film. The beginning of the iconic stature he eventually reached. As far as "Murphy's War", it is a quite good, and has a typical ending for a film of the 1970s (the greatest decade for film, imo). Definitely worth seeing.
Review of Murphy's War
