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Director:
Gordon Hessler
Writers:
John Bird (writer)
Stephen Coulter (novel)
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Release Date:
September 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
Wages an ice-cold war on your nerves more
Plot:
A Russian spy penetrates into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon to try to kill a Soviet defector under asylum there. | add synopsis
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Too few Thrills more

Cast

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Richard Roundtree ... Richard 'Dick' Shannon
Chuck Connors ... Kesten
Marie-José Nat ... Laure

Ray Milland ... Ambassador

Broderick Crawford ... Frank Dunniger

Max von Sydow ... Gorenko
David Bauer ... Kadish
David Healy ... Phelan
Karl Held ... Rylands
Sarah Marshall ... Miss Harding
Dee Pollock ... Stacey
Leila Buheiry ... Leila, Receptionist
Gail Clymer ... Switchboard Operator
Edmond Hannania ... First Man in Black
Saladin Nader ... Roget
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Target: Embassy
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Beirut, Lebanon

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Too few Thrills, 12 November 2007
5/10
Author: Thorsten_B (thb8@hotmail.com) from Frankfurt, Germany

It looks as if this cinematic essay in crime n' politics is quite rare. It is equipped with a cast that includes Max von Sydow, Ray Milland and Broderick Crawford and has a story with potential: A Russian working in the Ministry of Defense wants political asylum after his son is taken to the Gulag. He enters the US embassy in Beirut, only to be perpetrated by brute force killer Chuck Connors. Doesn't sound so bad, really; but it all is done in the manner of a TV movie. There are moments of thrill, but then again, no less moments of cheesy dialogue and bad cinematography. Among the actors, Connors stands out as sort of the personification of evil, but the script doesn't allow him to display all traits of his character. In essence, this film – if you can find it, since it has quite a few alternative titles – is fun to watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but doesn't fit for repeated viewing.

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