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Director: Peter Hunt
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From Time Out Film Guide
A pseudo-'good idea' for a movie: springing Hitler's ancient deputy Hess from Spandau prison. To what end, though? Eschewing any scenario about buried Nazi gold, the writer (Reginald Rose, a long way from 12 Angry Men) opts for the batty notion that a TV executive would hire a flock of mercenaries to lift Hess so he can appear as guest on a chat show. In the run-up to the big event a familiar assortment of Arab terrorists, KGB colonels and whatnot bustle around the scene exchanging gunfire, waylaying one another and generally reproducing the adolescent ambience of Wild Geese the first.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Hunt
Producer: Euan Lloyd
Cast: Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Robert Webber, Robert Freitag, Kenneth Haigh, Stratford Johns, Ingrid Pitt full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 125 mins
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