The Sea Wolves

THE SEA WOLVES. 1980 war film distributed by Paramount Pictures directed by Andrew McLaglen, starring Gregory Peck / Roger Moore and David Niven. It was based on the book "Boarding Party" by James Leasor which itself was based on a real incident which took place in World War II. The incident involved Operation Creek, the Calcutta Light Horse's covert attack on 9th March 1943 against a German merchant ship, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugao Harbour in neutral Portugal's territory of Goa. It took $220 million USD at the Box Office.