Based on a 1959 novel by jack finney, it was adapted for the screen by rod serling and released by paramount pictures on june 15, 1966. Mark brittain frank sinatra is hired by wealthy italian adventuress rosa lucchesi verna lisi and her german partnerincrime, eric. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1966 movies 1966. Assault on a queen 1966 unrated 1h 46min adventure, crime, thriller 15 june 1966 usa a motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruiseliner rms queen mary, using a recovered ww2 german submarine. Complex caper film about an attempted robbery of the queen mary. The second was scifi writer jack finneys assault on a queen 1966. Regardless of all that, assault on a queen certainly has some thrilling moments, and since this is essentially a film that intends to provide thrills, and not necessarily comment on the human condition, this is perhaps a better yardstick by which to measure it.
Assault on a queen is a film directed by jack donohue with frank sinatra, virna lisi, anthony franciosa, richard conte, year. Assault on a queen 1966, a film by jack donohue theiapolis. When the eternally optimistic poppy, queen of the trolls, learns that the bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the bergens dont think is broken. Assault on a queen 1966 cast and crew rosa virna lisi, vic tony franciosa and their boat captain alf kjellin are searching for sunken treasure. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Mark brittain frank sinatra is hired by wealthy italian adventuress rosa lucchesi verna lisi and her german partnerincrime, eric laufftiauer alf kjellin to refurbish a wwii german uboat and. Based on a novel by invasion of the body snatchers author jack finney, assault on a queen aims to be a sort of the asphalt jungle 1950 at sea, but is nowhere as. Assault on a queen 1966 if the movie does not work, please try to stream it with another source under the video player. The assault on a queen submarine again for comparison. A world war iiera german submarine missing for 20 years is retrieved in the bahamas by diver mark brittain, hired by the wealthy rosa lucchesi and her partner, vic rossiter, who have been searching for spanish galleons. Before assault on a queen, jack donohue had directed babes in toyland, released in 1961, lucky me 1954, watch.
Also done realistically, as the cutters radio operator jots the message down on. And then they use old color footage or take the movie to the queen as long. Assault on a queen remastered, widescreen on tcm shop. Released 1966, assault on a queen stars frank sinatra, virna lisi, anthony franciosa, richard conte the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Assault on a queen batman sersen tank, fox ranch, 1966. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Anyway, i love the movie for what it could have been. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Assault on a queen 1966 adventure, crime, thriller. The visual effects were done by very experienced people, lawrence w. Batman and robin fighting with the penguin and the joker. Three men raise and recover a german uboat that sank during world war ii. Wait 5 sec to load movie before clicking on player logo. Dragons domain records presents the world premiere soundtrack release for assault on a queen, featuring music composed by the legendary duke ellington frank sinatra was convinced to star in and coproduce the film under. Frank sinatra, richard conte, reginald denny, lester matthews a group of adventurers refloat a wwii german submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The last twenty minutes or so, those involving the heist itself, are very intense. The first was oceans eleven 1960, which brought the rat pack together for a film that sinatra is said to have remarked forget the movie. Hear classic music from assault on a queen, 1966, directed by jack donohue, with frank sinatra, virna lisi, tony franciosa, at tcm assault on a queen 1966 music skip navigation.
Assault on a queen 1966 123movies 123 movies watch. Assault on a queen 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The idea of recovering a submarine after twenty years sank in sea waters is stupid and practically impossible. It inspires one of them, a former uboat captain, to create a daring plan. Comments assault on a queen is probably one of those fondly remembered films that when seen again, years later, reveals a very different and very flawed production a classic great idea done incredibly wrong through a series of bad creative decisions jack finneys novel may have yielded more tension and scope some of which is resident in the film s finale and character. Assault on a queen 1966 vintage original movie poster u. This film, the first of a spate of world war ii submarine movies released during the 1950s, was loosely based on the true stories of the uss angler ss240 and growler ss215. Assault on a queen is a 1966 american actionadventure film, directed by jack donohue, starring frank sinatra and italian. Film adaptations of jack finney s novels include 5 against the house 1955, invasion of the body snatchers 1956, house of numbers 1957, good neighbor sam 1964, assault on a queen 1966, invasion of the body snatchers 1978, maxie 1985, body snatchers 1993, and the invasion 2007. Assault on a queen is a complex, exciting crimecaper film in which a gang of clever mercenaries try to rob the famous luxury liner, the queen.
Assault on a queen producer william goetz has supervised a remarkable job of making plausible the admittedly wildeyed adventures of an odd assortment of moral derelicts who salvage a. Assault on a queen was directed by jack donohue, an american director, actor, and writer. But theres a raw pleasure to be had from it that movies do not know of anymore, like the buzz you get from an old, badly recorded rockabilly single in a world of autotuned pop overproduction and. Frank sinatra starred in two memorable heist movies in the 1960s. Assault on a queen 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Frank sinatra, virna lisi, anthony franciosa, richard conte. You can watch assault on a queen online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english.
Mark brittain frank sinatra is hired by wealthy italian adventuress rosa lucchesi verna lisi and her german partnerincrime, eric laufftiauer alf kjellin to refurbish a wwii german uboat and use it to hold the entire ship hostage while. Assault on a queen by jack donohue frank sinatra, virna. Assault on a queen 1966 tt00605 a group of adventurers refloat a wwii german submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist. Assault on a queen is a 1966 american actionadventure film, directed by jack. A woman adventurer and her ruthless companion talk an exsubmarine officer into joining them in raising a sunken german submarine. Against this story is woven the love story of sinatra and virna lisi, with the jealousy of tony franciosa. Assault on a queen 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. I dont know if this movie was supposed to be funny but i thought it was really funny, the only thing that could have made it funnier is if frank sinatra got to use a fake british accent as well when they boarded the queen mary.
The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Assault on a queen is an adventure with a silly premise. Rosa virna lisi, vic tony franciosa and their boat captain alf kjellin are searching for sunken treasure. Assault on a queen is a 1966 american actionadventure film directed by jack donohue and starring frank sinatra and virna lisi. The queen mary which they plan to rob on the high seas. A daring tale about a group of adventurers who salvage a sunken u. Assault on a queen 1966 letterboxd your life in film.
Mark brittain frank sinatra is hired by wealthy italian adventuress rosa lucchesi and her german partnerincrime, eric laufftiauer alf kjellin to refurbish a wwii german uboat and use it to hold the entire ship hostage while it is robbed. Assault on a queen a sixties sinatra flick that has everything. Goodbye charlie 1964 tony curtis, debbie reynolds, pat boone full length comedy fantasy movie duration. Sailing an old submarine with a small unexperienced crew is also terrible. Instead of the galleon, mark discovers a sunken nazi submarine, which lauffnauer decides to raise and refit and stage and audacious ocean heist upon the luxury liner, the queen mary. If you like assault on a queen you are looking for movies about with submarine, ocean liner, torpedo, heist, german, love triangle and diver themes. Film 1 of the november 2017 scavenger hunt task 27. As such, its always been a sentimental favorite but its a great example of how films were done in the 1960s. They hire mark frank sinatra as their diver and begin their treasure hunt.