The story is thus, Anthony Perkins and his crew of villains hi-jack a supply ship heading for Ruth and Jennifer, two British oil rigs. Not as energetic as "Golden Rendezvous", "The Wild Geese" or others of the ilk, Moore takes a brief departure from his usual womanising persona, as an arrogant and self-professed misogynist who suits himself; only the smug, self-serving nature is retained from his better known alter ego. Its always been one of my guilty pleasures and its often a film I'll watch on a rainy do nothing sort of Sunday. The acting is solid enough especially from the stars Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins as the criminal leader and James Mason as the head of the navy.

In his autobiography, Sir Roger Moore wrote that at one point, the crew tried to sedate several of the lively cats that belonged to his character, without actor and cat lover James Mason discovering the scheme.There are some well delineated scenes, such as an exciting sequence in which a couple of ships crew try to poison their captors but are found out and killed.

The locations, apparently mostly in Ireland and off the Irish coast, are likewise visually spectacular.All in all, "North Sea Hijack" is the perfect action thriller for a stormy and rainy autumn evening in front of your TV set.

ffolkes enacts his plan by traveling to Jennifer as the aide of Admiral Brindsen, who was tasked by the Prime Minister to supervise the operation. Of course it isn't long before he has to put his ideas to the test as a group of criminals hijack a Norwegian supply vessel, plant bombs on two rigs then demand a ransom of twenty five million pounds within twenty four hours. This film is the archetype for the Die Hard franchise and their ilk, only the Roger Moore character of ffolkes is about twice as interesting as Bruce Willis ever was. m. Other memorable characterisations are conveyed by Anthony Perkins (the principal baddie), James Mason (a stiff upper lipped admiral), David Hedison (a stressed out oil rig official) and Faith Brooks (a strong willed lady prime minister).Best of all is the humor which is knowing and right on target, as when ffolkes becomes flustered when trying to warm up what he thinks is a young man . The story centers around Rufus Excalibur (Moore); a heavy drinking, confident, cocky and intelligent specialist. The core of the action occurs at sea, with Perkins and his menacing bunch hijacking a supply ship and planting mines beneath the oil rig. We leave ffolkes with an award from the British government, delivered to him in Scotland by the Prime Minister herself.