C.S. Forester WWII Sea Story Adapted for The Big Screen

Tom Hanks Writes Screenplay and Stars in The Greyhound



Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay for his new movie, The Greyhound, based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by CS Forester.  A salty WWII tale set on the North Atlantic, swarming with Nazi U-boats, Hanks stars as George Krause, a newbie commander charged with leading a 37 ship task force from the US to England.  The trailer, as usual, gives away too much of the plot, but the little bit I watched made me want to see it right away.



Book synopsis from Amazon:


"The Good Shepherd is currently being adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring Tom Hanks, directed by Aaron Schneider, and produced by Gary Goetzman.

A convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the U.S. Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped on the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats."


Links to buy The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester:






Rave Reviews for C.S. Forester, author of many classic sea stories:


"A high and glittering excitement...[Forester] has no master and few peers." -NY Times

"C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea." -Time

"The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." -Life Magazine


Hollywood Hype:


by Pamela McClintock - Hollywood Reporter


-IMDb


by Leila Kozma -Distractify




If you enjoy a good sea story, try Sailors Delight by Malcolm Torres.  


Malcolm Torres is the author of original sea stories and nautical novels.


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