Directed by:
Michael TuchnerScreenplay:
Robert CarringtonCinematography:
Alex ThomsonComposer:
Roy BuddCast:
Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally, John Alderson, James Berwick, Hal Galili, Peter Marinker, Dolph Sweet, Elliott Sullivan (more)Plots(1)
Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, underwater salvage expert John Talbot (Barry Newman) hatches an elaborate scheme to bring those responsible to justice. After staging the phony murder of a police officer, he kidnaps Sarah Ruthven (Suzy Kendall), the heiress to a petroleum fortune. His exploits attract the attention of the criminal mastermind behind his family’s demise, who hires him to recover the valuables aboard a recently crash-landed plane. This tightly plotted thriller, based on Alistair MacLean’s bestselling novel, contains one of cinema’s lengthiest car chases, clocking in at a full 20 minutes. (Via Vision Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Barry Newman
USA
Best movies:
The Lawyer (1970)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) (TV movie)
Suzy Kendall
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Thunderball (1965)
Fear Is the Key (1972)
John Vernon
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
A Special Day (1977)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Ray McAnally
Ireland
Best movies:
My Left Foot (1989)
The Mission (1986)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
John Alderson
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
James Berwick
UK
Best movies:
Fear Is the Key (1972)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Ken Russell's Valentino (1977)
Hal Galili
USA
Best movies:
Peter Marinker
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
United 93 (2006)
Labyrinth (1986)
Dolph Sweet
USA
Best movies:
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Swimmer (1968)
Elliott Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Roland Brand
Canada
Best movies:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Lolita (1962)
Tony Anholt
Singapore
Best movies:
Fear Is the Key (1972)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)