Vintage The Mail On Sunday Classic War Movies - Murphy's Law - Petter O'Toole - Shop Stock Room Find. Released by The Mail On Sunday Newspaper as part of their Classic War Movies promotion on DVD's. Murphy (Peter O'Toole), a stranded Irish merchant seaman, is the sole survivor of the WWII German U-boat attack in foreign waters. Rescued by Louis, a French oil engineer he is taken to the small village hospital and treated by Dr Hayden. Murphy begins his own plan to destroy the German U-bout and will stop at nothing to achieve hid goal. Shop Stock Room Find. Discovered in the store room of a closing down shop with a whole host of other DVDs from a similar era. All orders received before 4.00pm Monday to Fridays are dispatched the same day.