Stars: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Maurice Denham, Ian Holm, Jean Kent

Director: Peter R. Hunt

Summary: Two self-styled African empire-builders set out to annexe a large part of the German territory in World War I Africa. After one of them falls in love with the other's daughter, all three set out on a dangerous quest for glory and revenge.

Two self-styled African empire builders (Lee Marvin and Roger Moore) set out to annex a large part of the German territory in WWI Africa. After one of them (Moore) falls in love with the other's daughter (Barbara Parkins), all three set out on a dangerous quest for glory and revenge.

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Shout at the Devilwas Roger Moore's second starring role in an adaptation of one Wilbur Smith's bestselling African adventures (the first being 1974's Gold, also directed by Peter Hunt). Taking its mixture of comedy and drama, and part of its plot, from The African Queenthe movie finds Moore's decent, upright Englishman teamed with Lee Marvin--in a variation on his Cat Balloudrunken brawler comedy persona--fighting the Germans in colonial East Africa at the beginning of the Great War. Moore plays it straight and makes a most heroic and handsome matinee idol hero. Produced between Moore's second and third outings as Bond, Shout at the Devilwas staffed with various 007 regulars, including Hunt who was had edited the first three and directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service, title designer Maurice Binder and director John Glen. It even has a ticking clock-gigantic explosion finale. This is an exciting, beautifully shot escapade which deserves to be much better known.

On the DVD:The original Panavision 2.35:1 image is incorrectly letterboxed at around 2:1, cropping so much picture information that the credits disappear at either side of the screen. The print used is of very variable quality, with some scenes looking fine, others washed out and lacking detail, with long shots often being slightly out of focus. Adding to the problems is the abysmal digital encoding which, despite anamorphic enhancement, has left many scenes swarming with compression artefacts. The sound is adequate mono. Unfortunately this disc uses a heavily re-edited and shortened version of the film--cut from 147 to 119 minutes following poor reviews--and the losses in continuity, especially in the early part of the film are very noticeable. The extras are the original trailer, which reveals the entire plot right up to and including the ending, comprehensive filmographies of Marvin, Moore and Hunt, and a seven-minute compilation of posters and publicity stills set to the main themes from Maurice Jarre's score. --Gary S Dalkin

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Image Gallery, Filmographies, Animated And Scored Graphics
Year:	1976
Release Date:	September 1, 2003
Runtime:	115 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P P A 1473
Label:	Metrodome
Keywords:	Action, Smith, Devil, Off, General, Wide, Screen, Shout, Adventure, Schedule, Wilbur
Genre:	Action/Adventure