The Roaring Forties (French: Les quarantièmes rugissants) is a 1982 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie and Michel Serrault.[1] The film was loosely based on the book The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin about the death of the British businessman and amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who disappeared while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–69.

The Roaring Forties
Directed byChristian de Chalonge
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music byHenri Lanoë
Production
companies
  • Cinéma 7
  • TF1 Films Production
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 11 August 1982 (1982-08-11)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was partly made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place around Finistère.

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