everything that's missing in modern movies. This is a gem of a movie

Came across this while drinking coffee this morning. Fine movie, superb acting. An era long gone.

Came across this by accident, it turned out to be one of those rare gems.

A Twist of Sand. Chock full of accomplished British actors. A nostalgic look back and actually something good from the 1960s, as were most things British...and still are.

Rest in Peace . Honour Blackman ( Aug.22,1925- April 5, 2020 ).

Most of the movies today lack substance and fill the empty spaces with blood and sex!Will WE ever get back to the days of walking out of the theatre thinking WE learned something about Life as opposed to death?Sad to see how far man has fallen,horror story headline news daily!

Forgot how great this story, and cast, is...

Excellent film! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

What a good film, no CGI or sound stages. Just real life action.

1) So to make it to where the sunk German U-boat lies, they have to perform a feats of quick manoeuvring amid jagged reefs in the middle of crashing gigantic waves, and to return, the same place has turned into a sea of oil without one single rock in sight, all this in the space of 2 days and 2 nights. The skeleton coast is indeed fast transforming! 2) Also, the 17th century ship is half buried under a mountain of fine sand, but practically none of it had penetrated inside the hull to the point that they have to haul themselves down using ropes. Nice tight woodwork they did in the 17th century!

This is a very good film indeed, one of the best from that era.

A great movie, from a time before CGI , when actors had to actually act! A a good story of a tale of greed and where poetic justice came into play at the end!

A maritime version of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". Great movie with such talented actors that very effectively uses flashback to build tension and plot/character development. And one that gets notably better as soon as Honour Blackman appears! Gorgeous. Such a great find in KZfaq - thanks for posting!

I love watching old war movies, I was in the army myself, 22nd Cheshire regiment. I had never seen this movie before and I thought I'd seen most. Could watch old war movies all day, especially in these bad times with covid 19.

great movie have not watched it for 30 years, so it was great to watch it again.

I just realized that Honor Blackman, Richard Johnson and Roy Dotrice all played guest characters in Space 1999. All solid actors and a pleasure to see them all again.

Great movie, with some remarkable color cinematography.

Very good movie. I certainly recommend it. Thanks for streaming this.

The book is really good, slightly different ending, well worth reading. This was a great movie.

Fabulous movie! Action, adventure, excitement, tension. So glad the woman in the movie wasn't written as a constant screamer who needed rescuing every 5 minutes. Thanks for uploading it!

First thought I had about Johnson during the first scenes was “he could easily have been Bond”. Then in researching him I found he had actually been the first choice to be Bond 👍🏻

What a great movie, never seen it before. Nice to see all those old familiar faces. Thanks uploader.

Underrated adventure pic that get better as it goes along. & none of the nonsensical over the top stunts of "National Treasure" or Spielberg's movies.

I'd forgotten how sensationally good looking Honor Blackman was / is!

Great film! I wasn't familiar with Richard Johnson before, but I was quite impressed. Honor Blackman was one of the true hotties of the 1960's and is a joy to behold in this.

Perfect Sunday night movie this...legendary cast and top-notch production...smashin'...

This movie was based on the secret Walter U-Boats (named after Dr. Hellmuth Walter) that ran on high-test peroxide (HTP). Type XVII submarines U-792 and U-793, designated Wa 201, were built by Blohm + Voss, commissioned in October 1943.The U-793 achieved a submerged speed of 22 knots (41 km/h or 25 mph) in March 1944 with Admiral Dönitz aboard (per Wikipedia). The U-Boat in the movie would have been a Type XVIII (never built) that evolved to Type XXI (without HTP). After the war the Royal Navy built submarines based on these scuttled U-Boats named HMS EXPLORER and HMS EXCALIBUR. South-West Africa (Namibia) formerly was a colony of the German Empire that was lost during the First World War and was taken over by the British and South Africa. It still has a German speaking population, including some that came just after 1945. Jenkins was also a good friend of Ian Fleming the author of James Bond.

An outcome with the shades of The treasure of Sierra Madre without the laughter. Great movie. Dunka.

Great film. Derring do & excitement! Super fun film of the classic action-adventure type. And just what I needed to cheer me up on an 'orribly wet Sunday afternoon! 🙂 When I saw the galleon in the desert, I suddenly had deja-vu . . . I remembered seeing Matthew McConaughey & cast find a modern warboat in the desert - & a treasure too, I seem to remember! - in a 2005 film named 'Sahara' !! 😀. . .Great to see that the newer film was perhaps inspired by this film of 40 years earlier?? They each have the same ingenious plot device, any road. 👌 Thanks for the upload! 👍

What a great adventure movie! Loved it !

Geoffrey Jenkins is a brilliant writer--keeps you gripped all through his books

What`s somewhat unique at this time of writing is that all the main actors are still alive and in their 80's and 90's. I hope this note doesn't hasten their demise. Brilliant actos all.

Good Adventure yarn. I Can't believe I never saw this one before. It brings me back to watching these treasures on a late night in my youth and staying up to see it through. I love the filmmaking then-- using models and building those sets took a lot of skill to make them realistic. Great locations and great English actors. Some say it is dated, but then, so am I.

what a treat!! Malta!! After watching Pulp… its the only place i want to live 😄

The River of Diamonds - Grue of Ice - *A Twist of Sand* - Scend of the Sea - A Ravel of Waters - A Cleft of Stars - Bridge of Magpies - A Hive of Dead Men - A Daystar of Fear .... etc.... All from the prolific pen of Geoffrey Jenkins whose enigmatic titles are mere hints of the story within. Here then is a pretty faithful cinematic adaptation of the book of the same name.

Never seen this film, absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting :-)

really enjoyed this film again.. watched it this afternoon .. thanks for posting it my friend..

A good movie. The excellent cinematography gets across a sense of exotic lands and wide spaces--making this an entertaining story. It shares much with the wonderful Spaghetti Westerns. And I'm a pushover for sub movies, too.

I see checking further that the movie is based on a novel by Geoffrey Jenkins who sold the rights to 20th Century Fox initially and it was first intended to star Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr in the film. The director, Don Chaffey, has just made "The Viking Queen" for Hammer in Ireland.

A nice little tale of adventure and treasure hunt. A good one thanks.

R.I.P., Richard Johnson (2015 June 06). Condolences to his family and friends. A classically-trained actor of exceptional intelligence, range, diversity, and subtlety (stage, screen, TV, radio). Devoted to his craft. Unusual integrity to each role. Gracious, humorous, humble. A vastly underrated, rare kind of screen artist, and little known in the U.S. One of Britain's best. Johnson was also founder of United British Artists, which produced some notable independent films, featuring truly knockout actors of stage and screen ("Turtle Diary," with Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley and Michael Gambon; "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne," with Maggie Smith; "Castaway," with Oliver Reed; "The Biko Inquest," with Albert Finney, about South African anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko). He was also a longtime advocate for the natural environment, long before it was 'fashionable'. As with many of his generation and prior, we'll not see his like again. Johnson's final (if not fullest and finest) screen portrayal is in "Radiator". A true gem of a film, reportedly set for general theatrical release later this year (2015). For the rarity, generosity, spirit, and discipline of your artistry, Mr. Johnson, thank you. Truly.

This reminds me of visiting Grandmother and watching TV at her place. She lived in a larger town, so she had better stations. This would have been an afternoon well spent. Good movie.

What a great movie. Thank you for taking the time to upload it! Great story, adventure, treasure and a super cast of pro's

Great action/adventure film.........really enjoyed the British actors performance.

excellent movie thanks for the upload

Been wondering about this one for years.I love youtube.Many thanks.

Honor B., in addition to her obvious qualifications, did an excellent job here with a French/German accent (from a Britisher) Four years earlier, of course, she was a Bond girl. I liked her in one or two older British crime dramas.

I liked this movie, gonna watch it again

star studded cast , great quality upload , thanx jondabell

J KEMP, STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES

I served with 1151 marine Craft Unit at Marsalokk from 1964 to 1967 servicing the communication equipment in TTLs 2758 and 2768 when they sported RAF roundels on the bows,and were crewed by RAF personnel.However, I enjoyed this film very much,especially the first 10 minutes !!

Great performances by Welsh born actor Clifford Evans as the admiral and New Zealand born actor Guy Doleman as the Royal Navy commander in the first part of the film and of course the wonderful Honour Blackman as the female lead. Astonishing how the coulour of this nearly 50 year old film has held up over time.

Thouroughly enjoyable film. Just simple, uncomplicated pleasure.

Uganda we have enjoyed this movie for sure, we like it so much

Great story and great movie with nice actors. thoroughly enjoyed.

Enjoyed the movie. Thanks.

Very fine movie...thank you for posting. I somehow missed this one.

Great Movie. Well done. Thank You.

thanks for bringing this to youtube, a great entertainment no matter how you slice it. The FX here gave me pause; they are quite good. loved the underway scenes outboard of there vessel, they really got it right that time

Great movie. Thank you for posting. SV Gammon.

I rode the elevator (The Barraca Lift) as a child. It was a scary contraption, draughty, noisy, and rattled like the dickens. My mother was terrified of it. Boy! Does this ever bring back memories. My dad was a CPO on submarines and we were stationed in Malta for 3 years. I can't believe there is footage of that darned lift! Must watch the rest of the movie!

Great movie. The CGI was amazing too.

I personally knew the author Geoffrey Jenkins who lived in Waterkloof Pretoria South Africa, and had an option on his other best seller, Scend of the Sea, based on the SS Waratah which simply disappeared off the East Coast of South Africa in 1909. I searched for the ship for 25 years. It was Geoffrey who introduced me to a wealthy financiers who financed the search for the ill fated ship. My Waratah fan club on face book documents the search which was also financed by Clive Cussler, who wrote Raise the Titanic. Geoffrey was asked to write Casino Royale but was writing another novel. Ian Flemming wrote the book instead which was turned into a James Bond film

An old one but a good one! really enjoyed , thanks

Another British film good cast adventure

THANK YOU FOR MOVIE

Very great film, with very painful ending. Said they did't expand more German nuclear submarine with new propulsion ; which does remind me of film Red October. But a very good film.

Thank you ever so much for this . I watched it as a child in the 70`s , bought the book in the 90`s after much searching - i then donated the book to our local library in Malta. and have been searching the net for years for this ! 5 star youtuber !!!

nice one; thanks for uploading

Worth the watch.

excellent!

Nice cinematography.

A terrific movie. And a terrific cast of actors. Such consummate pros. Big-name 'movie stars' would've ruined this literate, mature treasure. As always, Richard Johnson is an understated marvel - a highly astute, incredibly talented, ridiculously diverse, classically-trained actor. Jeremy Kemp is solidly convincing, as usual. What a pleasure to see them both working together and with such good material, along with Roy Dotrice and Honor Blackman. Just too cool. Character driven. Great, spare dialogue. Compelling shots of the ship and sea, and of some very nifty but perilous navigation. Really impressive. This movie is a total keeper. And for maritime lovers, absolutely addictive! Leave it to the Brits to handle this stuff right. (Never mind the story's multiple incredulities, especially toward the end. The story still works, though, because of its emphasis on the character relationships and their histories. If viewers understand what's really going on in this story, they'll get it... and appreciate it.) Truly, many thanks for the upload. Goodness knows how long to wait for a proper NTSC DVD/BluRay to become available (not just a DVD-R).

Thanks, great movie.

Not too bad- considering it was the 60's. Thanks for sharing. I still say the old Black & White movies were the best.

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To get to the wreck of the sub that had to navigate through rocks all over the place..Then when they look back at the wreck there is not one rock in sight!

Thanks This!

I downloaded this Thank you

tkanks for sharing

Honour Blackman passed away this week. RIP.

Good old movvie

Great ending enjoyed the movie.

Thank you

RIP Miss Blackman.

Jeremy Kemp was in Z' Cars an excellent breeding ground,with the likes of Brian Blessed,Colin Welland and James Lynch.

Good old Smith's gauges, like in my old MGB and Austin Healy Sprite.

This movie has the late 60's look for sure.

Somewhat ironically, the secret of the lost U-boat would have been a lot more valuable than any diamonds. In fact, I was expecting the Jeremy Kemp character to suddenly announce "We're not after some random diamonds, the submarine is the real prize." But then they wandered off into the desert for a fairly routine "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" ending and the opportunity was lost.

This was likely a GREAT movie for a drive-in!

Good movie. Honor Blackman is gorgeous.

que buena copia me encanta el mar y gente de mar. Ojalá pudieran ponerle subtítulos. gracias Bea

I have to make a Point to address the world in to a Fact....the first British Actor to be casted for the first Bond ever was Richard Johnson who strangely refuse and then Sean Connery was called.... He could have the best Bond Ever

Professor Hellmuth Walter was a brilliant engineer that in 1933 worked on a new gas turbine at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel and there his idea of a closed circuit propulsion system was born. He dreamed of making a U-boat that would by driven by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in a stabilized form called Perhydrol. The combustion of that fuel and oil was a complex one but held the promise of a smaller and lighter engines that then normal U-boat diesel/electric engines of that time. Also boat of that design would not have to spend long hours on the surface to recharge batteries which was a major plus. The Proposals: In October 1934 he proposed incredible proposals to OKM (Kriegsmarine high command) namely of a U-boat of some 300 tons (size similar to IIA) with the maximum surface speed of 26 knots and amazing underwater speed of 30 knots! That boat was to have endurance of some 2,500 miles at 15 knots or 500 miles submerged at that speed. The current U-boat of that time (IIA) had a maximum surface speed of 11 knots and could make about 7 knots underwater. His ideas were rejected promptly by the Kriegsmarine in 1934 as too unconventional and fanciful but Walter did not give up and in 1937 he showed his revised plans to Kapitän zur See Karl Dönitz who was at that time commander of a U-boat training flotilla. Dönitz was so impressed with the proposal that he got it into the proper channels and in 1939 a design contract was made for a small research vessel, called V-80, based on that design. The first real submarine: The V-80 boat was designed by Walter and Germaniawerft in Kiel and built in the greatest secrecy on a slipway surrounded by a large fence. The boat was launched on April 14, 1940 and the test results carried out during the following spring with Walter himself at the controls were sensational. The boat reached more than 23 knots submerged which was more than double the underwater speed of any submarine in the world at that time (modern nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines like the Soviet Alfa-class are said to reach some 42 knots). After the prototype The OKM was so impressed by the test results from V-80 that they suggested immediate construction of six coastal boats based on that design but many in the U-boat department questioned that a real operational boat could be built on this system and also that the shipyards were badly needed to continue delivering the conventional VII and IX U-boats that seemed to be doing what was required of them at that time. A compromise design of a 600-ton boat called V-300 (XVII, later called U-791) that would reach some 19 knots submerged was proposed and construction started at Germaniawerft but was cancelled when Walter found the design to be too slow and proposed his own version of smaller vessels of some 220 tons. The next generation is born: After a meeting with Dönitz in January 1942 contracts were awarded for 4 boats to be built at Germaniawerft in Kiel (Wk202 - U-792 and U-793) and Blohm & Voss in Hamburg (Wa201 - U-794 and U-795). The keels were laid down in December 1942 for all 4 boats and the first one, U-792 entered water on 28 September 1943 with U-794 on 7 October. These boats were used extensively for training and reached up to 25 knots submerged in 1944, at one such run in March 1944 carried out by U-794 in in the Bay of Danzig Dönitz and 4 other admirals witnessed themselves the boat reach 24 knots.

great movie!

At 1800 and other shots before it, I remember those black and white flat running shoes, my brothers had to wear them, they looked so dorky and I had a friend who had to wear those his mom bought him the flood pant, we called them in the 70s, and those flat runners, I thought he looked so what we called then, "dorky " pants above the ankles, and flat runners poor guy I felt sorry for him, he was a nice kid though

Excellent scale models and special effects. Nick Adler who worked on this later went onn to do the TV series space 1999 and work on the early Star Wars movies before computer animation. You can see the quality of his modeliing work with some of the submarine and boat sequences. He later went on to win a special effects Oscar for Alien.

Weird, But the two guys the Captain and the stateman looked like father and sun.. And the famous comedian BEAN like them both. That side of the country over 1000 years ago, Yes I see now , it is the Norman French, south of England.

Very good. Reminiscent of a Wilbur Smith novel.

So much greed and all for nothing. Loved it.