Morituri

Must mean something unusual

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

starring Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard