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High Risk (1981) -- Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American country and steal $5 million from the hacienda of an American-born drug dealer who lives there...

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Stewart Raffill (writer)
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May 1981 (USA) more
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Getting in was easy... getting out was war!!!
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Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American... more | add synopsis
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CBS Sparks To More Flashpoint
 (From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 5 October 2009, 3:14 PM, PDT)

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Action/Adventure Sleeper more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Brolin ... Stone

Anthony Quinn ... Mariano

Lindsay Wagner ... Olivia

James Coburn ... Serrano

Ernest Borgnine ... Clint

Bruce Davison ... Dan
Cleavon Little ... Rockney
Chick Vennera ... Tony
Douglas Sandoval ... Julio (Mariano's Tracker)
David Young ... Bradley (Pilot)
Richard Young ... Mike (Pilot)
Donna Powers ... Dan's Wife
Stephanie Faulkner ... Charlene, Rockney's Girlfriend
Ana De Sade ... Serrano's Woman
Josephina Echinova ... Mariano's Woman
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Los gringos (Mexico)
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94 min | Argentina:90 min (video)
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Is based on articles in "Soldier of Fortune" magazine. more
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Continuity: Parachute scene is obviously a different plane than the DC-3: Look for black strip around top of door on jump plane but all white above DC-3 door. Parachute plane has shiny side, DC-3 has dull side. Also look for pilot to be at the controls on final take-off, then back in the cabin celebrating, then gone from celebration in next scene. Highly unlikely that pilot would leave cockpit as they had just taken off and were banking. Pilot easily identified because he wears shark teeth necklace though he alternates between tank-top and flight suit. more
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Dan: Look, we've got four million dollars. We could put Donald Duck in the White House. more
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Action/Adventure Sleeper, 4 February 1999
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Author: chez-3 from Chicago, Il

Don't be surprised if you've never heard of "High Risk." I know few people who have. But if you like adventure and excitement with some humor thrown in then this is your ticket.

James Brolin stars as one of four friends sick and tired of working hard and being paid little. They decide to take a trip to Colombia to steal money from a reputed drug lord. According to plan they'll walk in, get the money, and head back to the states via two airplane pilots they've hired that more resemble Cheech and Chong then they do pilots. Naturally, things don't work out as planned and the chase is on.

The reason you may never have heard of this film is that it was released back in 1981 for a one week only stint. It happened to be the week before another action film opened I'm sure you've heard of - "Raiders of the Lost Ark." This film got lost in the hype.

So go out and find this movie at the local video store (the television version is usually butchered). You won't be disappointed.

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