The Roaring Forties

The Roaring Forties
Directed by	Christian de Chalonge
Written by	André G. Brunelin Jacques Perrin Nicolas Tomalin
Produced by	Christian Ferry Perrine Pavie Jacques Perrin
Starring	Jacques Perrin Julie Christie Michel Serrault
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier Jean Penzer Luciano Tovoli
Edited by	Luc Barnier Henri Lanoë
Music by	Henri Lanoë
Production companies	Cinéma 7 TF1 Films Production
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	11 August 1982 (1982-08-11)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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 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.