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Leon Griffiths (writer)
James Tucker (novel)
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Release Date:
7 November 1977 (Sweden) more
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Cast

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Stacy Keach ... Jim Naboth
David Hemmings ... Keith
Edward Fox ... Foreman

Stephen Boyd ... Vic
Carol White ... Jill
Freddie Starr ... Teddy
Hilary Gasson ... Barbara
Rod Beacham ... Dr. Jenkins
Stewart Harwood ... Des
Alan Ford ... Taff
Roy Marsden ... Barry
Leon Greene ... Commissionaire
Maureen Sweeney ... Sauna receptionist
Lucinda Duckett ... Sharon
Alison Portes ... Christine
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Richard Harris turned down the role of Jim Naboth. more
Quotes:
Masseuse: We do some lovely things here.
Jim Naboth: Like what?
Masseuse: Topless. VIP. "Special Relief".
Jim Naboth: "Special Relief" - now that sounds interesting. How much?
Masseuse: To you, darling, six quid.
Jim Naboth: Six quid? Cheaper to do it myself!
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Thrilling British crime drama, 1 October 2002
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Author: Mikew3001 (mikew4001@yahoo.de) from Hamburg, Germany

The British 1976 crime drama, an early work of director Michael Apted ("Gorky Park", "Blink", "The World Is Not Enough") Stacey Keach plays an alcohol-addicted London ex-cop who becomes involved into a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.

Stacey Keach's performance is brilliant, and Michael Apted is not only focussing on the thrilling crime plot but also on the portrait of a self-destroying loser nature and alcoholic. The rest of the cast is also outstanding, featuring Edward Fox as despaired father of the kidnapped daughter and David Hemmings as brutal gangster boss. There are some scenes of typical seventies' sex, hard violence and breath-taking action like a money transporter robbery at the end.

David Hentschel's electronic progressive rock score in the style of Goblin, Pink Floyd and Alan Parsons Project supports the dark atmosphere and hard action of this thrilling and sometimes disturbing crime drama. A great, little forgotten movie.

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