lastliberal The first thing you notice about this film is the racist MPAA. Despite it being rated PG for war violence, there was nudity. Breasts were exposed, but they weren't those of Barbara Parkins ("Peyton Place", Valley of the Dolls, and her skintastic moment in Breakfast in Paris), but of African natives. Seems that black breasts are not taboo for children to see.But, to the film itself. It is actually two films. The first half in 1912, has Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou, Paint Your Wagon) as a drunken ivory poacher who manages to get Roger Moore (The Spy Who Loved Me, "The Saint") to partner up with him. After Moore and Parkins (Marvin's daughter) plan to marry, there is a great fight scene reminiscent of many John Wayne pictures.Then the film changes. World War I is declared and the Germans are on the march led by Reinhard Kolldehoff (Moon Over Parador, "The Winds of War"), a big fat German pig whose men slaughter Moore and Parkins baby, and set them on a search for revenge.The film has plenty of action, including what I would call a paper mache bi-plane which almost takes Moore's life, and culminates in the blowing up of a German battleship that had run over Moore and Marvin earlier.Marvin was extremely funny and Moore looked just great painted black to get on the ship. Parkins was radiant throughout, even when consumed with revenge for the murder of her baby.Sir Ian Holm (Chariots of Fire) was also fantastic as Marvin's mute servant.

JoeytheBrit Shout at the Devil is a bit of a mess these days. The region 2 DVD I watched had clearly fallen victim to some indifferent editor/censor's scissors, making what looks, to be fair, nothing more than a decidedly average film in the first place, perilously close to unwatchable at times. German officers who look like they were originally speaking English have been dubbed into German which, for the sake of authenticity isn't a bad thing I suppose, but whoever made this decision also decided that subtitles weren't necessary, so we have long stretches of dialogue that are completely incomprehensible to non-German speaking viewers. Strangely enough, it doesn't matter one bit with regards to understanding what is going on, and I still can't decide whether that's a good sign or bad.Saddled with such a shortcoming, a film like this, which can't decide whether it's a rollicking comedy or a rousing adventure, is left with a mountain to climb but never manages to move a couple of feet from the foothills. Roger Moore, after Gregory Peck the least talented of male actors to ever attain leading man status, is the biggest problem. Despite being a former James Bond, he really isn't much of an action hero, and is never really believable in a role that calls for someone about ten years younger. Lee Marvin mugs and overacts as if he has been guzzling on the gin so beloved of his character (which he may well have been doing), but at least he's entertaining to watch and provides most of the few highlights. Unfortunately, he and Moore develop little in the way of chemistry.The director makes some strange choices. While he most likely can't be blamed for the obviously bowdlerised action scenes, he can be held accountable for too often making the African landscape look like a quiet corner of Hampstead Heath, and for also choosing the wrong shot or angle on too many occasions.The storyline itself is straightforward enough, although it's a little on the ordinary side and a bit too episodic in the first half. When things turn darker midway through, the trauma suffered by Moore's wife, played by Barbara Parkin, isn't explored anywhere near thoroughly enough, and the problems it causes in their marriage are focused on and dealt with in one brief scene.Unless you're in the mood for bland and undemanding entertainment, and even then are in a very forgiving mood, I'd opt for James Bond film or Cat Ballou instead.

k-thomas I first saw this movie, when it was first released in 1976 and must say, it hasn't lost its momentum. Fine performances from all the actors and the only actress in the film Barbra Parkins.When i was a child, i read a story in the victor comic of the destruction of a battleship in the first world war like the Blucher and if i remember correctly, it was never discovered who actually blew the ship up. As stated in another comment, it is a pity that you cannot get an original full version of this film. The version i have is from the BBC. Also in a couple of comments, it has been stated that it was a pity a baby was murdered. I would like to make a point, that it was in the book by Wilbur Smith, Rosa and Smiths child being thrown into a fire and this is the beginning of the story of their fight with the character Fleischer, brilliantly portrayed by Reinhard Kolldehoff. It is a pity films like 'Shout At The Devil' are not being made today, as there are still books of adventure stories in the shops there for the taking. A must for people who still like a good old fashioned yarn with a beginning a middle and an end.

gsneath Having been to the region where Shout at the Devil was filmed,the logistics in Set building (the Battleship) and in getting the crew there must have been a feat in itself. Port st johns is,or at least was,at the time of filming a very inaccesable part of the coast. The set of the Battleship was in the Umsimvubu River between the two cliffs behind the village itself.