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Director: Richard Rush
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Lacking the innocence of Rush's previous work, this is also short on the really sardonic wit that its storyline (based on Paul Brodeur's novel) demands. A young Vietvet on the run (Railsback) tumbles onto the location of an all-action World War I epic, and falls into uneasy partnership with the movie's imperious, soliloquising director, O'Toole. That piece of casting is driven home with a sledgehammer insistence, while Railsback's engagingly twitchy performance - as the new stuntman filling in for a dead predecessor - is passed over in favour of more 'serious' themes. The result is a movie filled with gags and excellent stunts which remains curiously humourless at heart. Stunted, not stunning.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Rush
Producer: Richard Rush
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Sharon Farrell, John Garwood, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Adam Roarke, Chuck Bail full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 130 mins
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