Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageThe Long Ride (1983)
Director: Pál Gábor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A US pilot bales out over Hungary during World War II, and the Resistance helps him to flee to freedom across the Yugoslavian border. There being no cars, and with the Germans watching the trains, our hero (Savage) escapes on horseback, and The Long Ride becomes an excuse for lavish tracking and helicopter shots over the great Hortobagy plain. Not a hugely expensive picture, but co-production with Hollywood bought Gábor chopper shots and an indifferent American star. It also saddled him with a compromised script - just to keep the ideology straight, the pilot first considers fleeing East to join the advancing Red Army - and a sentimental ending whereby the plucky peasant lad who helps the hero to flee dies on reaching the border.Author: MA
User reviews of this film
-
- BILLLONG said...
- Posted on Oct 30 2011 01:45 ENJOYED THE MOVIE AND THE SONG" GOING UP TO CRIPPLE CREEK TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN"
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Pál Gábor
Producer: Robert Halmi Sr
Cast: John Savage, Kelly Reno, Ildikó Bánsági, László Mensáros, Ferenc Bács, Dzsoko Rosszics, László Horvath full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 93 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Has David Cronenberg turned tame?
Has director David Cronenberg veered too far from his radical and bloody roots with new film 'A Dangerous Method'?
The 10 worst date movies
Just in time for Valentine's Day, we present ten of the least romantic films ever made
Where to watch this year's Oscar-nominated films
Find out where to watch 2012's Oscar-nominated films in London cinemas
10 unlikely badboy biopics
Featuring Phil Collins, Jeremy Clarkson, Nick Clegg, David Starkey and a host of other unlikely subjects
Interview: Sean Durkin on 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
The first-time director of the brilliant new thriller discusses religious cults and robot boxing
Pop-up cinema for Valentine's Day
Side-step romantic clichés with some alternative Valentine’s viewing
What do you think?
Post your review now