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Bookmark this pageHannibal Brooks (1968)
Director: Michael Winner
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From Time Out Film Guide
British PoW Brooks (Reed) is assigned to look after an elephant named Lucy, to whom he grows devoted. En route with the elephant from Munich to a safer zoo in Innsbruck, Brooks accidentally kills the Nazi member of the escort (Karsten) and then sets off with Lucy over the mountains to Switzerland. Pollard is tiresomely flaky as one 'Packy', leader of a private army, and Oliver Reed is not much more than Oliver Reed. Pretty good, though, for a Michael Winner ?lm.Author: TJ
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- jdmoore said...
- Posted on Nov 28 2009 20:44 Charming and underated 60's ww2 yarn that derserves a second look. Oliver Reed is on top form and Michel Winner proves that he can turn out a decent film. The script by Clement and La Frenie is witty and exciting. Any one over the age of 5 should enjoy this. Much more fun than inglorious Bastards!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Michael Winner
Producer: Michael Winner
Cast: Oliver Reed, Michael J Pollard, Wolfgang Preiss, Helmut Lohner, Karin Baal, Peter Karsten, John Alderton, James Donald full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 102 mins
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