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7.0/10   59 votes
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Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
Curt Gentry (book)
Francis Gary Powers (book)
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Release Date:
29 September 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
Good more (2 total)

Cast

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Lee Majors ... Francis Gary Powers
Noah Beery Jr. ... Oliver Powers

Nehemiah Persoff ... Rudenko
Brooke Bundy ... Barbara Powers
William Daniels ... Bissell
James Gregory ... James Donovan
Marcel Hillaire ... Charles DeGalle
Alf Kjellin ... Ivan Vasilev
Biff McGuire ... John McCone

Jim McMullan ... Robert F. Kennedy
David Opatoshu ... Grinev
Charles Robinson ... Wheatley (as Charles Knox Robinson)
Lew Ayres ... Allen Dulles
Katharine Bard ... Ida Powers
James Flavin ... President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Company:
Charles Fries Productions more

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Final appearance of veteran character actor James Flavin. more

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Good, 26 August 2002
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Author: (curatorfilm@webtv.net) from Chicago

Low budget but good true story. Shown on the same night as Gulag and shows some true stuff from the Soviet block during the Cold War. Both films worth it.

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