---
title: 'The Roaring Forties (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian de Chalonge'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 132
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-roaring-forties-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086707/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Roaring Forties (1982)

1982 · 132 min · Adventure · France

Original title: Les Quarantièmes rugissants

## Synopsis

The Roaring Forties is a 1982 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie and Michel Serrault. 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [André-Georges Brunelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-georges-brunelin)
- **Producer:** [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin)
- **Director:** [Christian de Chalonge](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-de-chalonge)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henri Lanoë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-lanoe)
- **Editor:** [Henri Lanoë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-lanoe), [Luc Barnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-barnier)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Penzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-penzer), [Luciano Tovoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-tovoli)

## Cast

- [Heinz Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-weiss)
- [Jean Leuvrais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-leuvrais)
- [Julie Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-christie)
- [André-Georges Brunelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-georges-brunelin)
- [Robin Renucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-renucci)
- [Gila von Weitershausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gila-von-weitershausen)
- [Michel Serrault](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-serrault)
- [Guy Parigot](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-parigot)
- [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin)
- [François Perrot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-perrot)

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