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1 November 1978 (UK)
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Their objective... to steal a nation! Their plan... to strike without warning! Their agreement... to share the spoils! Their only obstacle... each other!
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A group of military officers, angered and frustrated by the corruption and repression of the current government...
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Cast
 | Eugene Amodeo | ... | Photographer |
 | Harvey Atkin | ... | Anwar |
 | Dick Cavett | ... | Himself |
| Jon Granik | ... | Colonel Raymond Kasai |
 | David Hemmings | ... | Colonel Anthony Narriman |
| Barry Morse | ... | Dr. Jean Rousseau |
 | Peter O'Toole | ... | Colonel Zeller |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Blair |
| Gary Reineke | ... | Aramco |
| Eli Rill | ... | Dominique |
| Alan Rosenthal | ... | Plane Pilot |
| Marcella Saint-Amant | ... | Mrs. Rousseau |
 | August Schellenberg | ... | Minh |
 | Chuck Shamata | ... | Hillsman |
 | George Touliatos | ... | Barrientos |
 | Alberta Watson | ... | Donna |
 | Michael Ironside | ... | Torturer (uncredited) |
| Wolf Krakowski | ... | Secret Police Technician (uncredited) |
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| Martyn Burke | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Martyn Burke | writer | |
| Edward N. Luttwak | book "Coup d'Etat" | |
| Cliff Osmond | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Ronald I. Cohen | .... | executive producer | |
| Bob Cooper | .... | executive producer (as Robert M. Cooper) | |
| Christopher Dalton | .... | producer | |
| Alain Delon | .... | producer | |
| John M. Eckert | .... | associate producer | |
| David Hemmings | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ken Thorne | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ousama Rawi | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| John Victor-Smith | |||
Casting by | |||
| Karen Hazzard | |||
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| Karen Bromley | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Sandi Duncan | .... | assistant makeup artist (as Sandy Duncan) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Alban Streeter | .... | sound editor | |
Stunts | |||
| Richard Ayers | .... | stunts | |
| Marcel Bérubé | .... | stunts (as Marcell Berube) | |
| Brett Jacobsen | .... | stunts | |
| Terry Martin | .... | stunts | |
| Dwayne McLean | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| John Stoneham Sr. | .... | stunts (as John Stoneham) | |
| Keith Wardlow | .... | stunts | |
| G.A. Winnington-Bell | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Micky Wilson | .... | gaffer | |
Music Department | |||
| Ken Thorne | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| Caroline Langley | .... | production assistant | |
| Keith Large | .... | location manager | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Rank Film Distributors (1978) (UK) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1979) (France) (theatrical)
- Danton Films (1979) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Scorpion Releasing (2010) (USA) (DVD)
- Astral Video (????) (Canada) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
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Germany:102 min | USA:102 min
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'Political thriller' mish-mash of the bargain-basement package-tour-for-the-cast variety, with enough intrigue, insurrection and military corruption to keep its small banana republic going for the next 25 revolutions, but none of it remotely interesting or even watchable. If it were a European co-production farrago then at least maybe there'd be a wry smile or two raised by incompetent dubbing, but it's impossible to mask the embarrassment of the English-speaking "stars" in their native tongue, or gloss over the unease of the 'international' cast members. On top of that, this TV print looks like it had been salvaged from a Third World sanitation ditch, and it seems the director must have been shot by terrorists before he had a chance to shoot any of his own movie.