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Who? (1974)
Director: Jack Gold
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Looking rather better on TV than on the big screen, where its rough edges show up more, this is a very passable adaptation of a fine sci-fi/espionage novel by Algis Budrys. The basic premise is vividly laid out as an American scientist (Bova), injured in a car crash on the Russian border, is returned to the West after advanced medical treatment which has him looking like a Martian invader with a prosthetic metal head. Thereafter the script develops cold feet, and obscures its detective theme - is this the same man, and can he be safely returned to his secret research? - by making tiresome concessions to action adventure (routine car chase and so forth).Author: MA
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Gold
Producer: Barry Levinson
Cast: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bova, Ed Grover, James Noble, John Lehne full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 93 mins
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