The Glory Boys (1984– )

Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent (Anthony ... See full summary »

Stars:

Sallyanne Law, Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Sallyanne Law	...	Norah (3 episodes, 1984)

Storyline

Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent (Anthony Perkins) is brought out of retirement to track them down.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | terrorist | israeli | boarding house | lecture room | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1984 (UK)

Also Known As:

Handlanger des Todes

Filming Locations:

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min 104 min (re-cut)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Perkins gives his finest performance?

Sorry but he does not ,in fact he is an embarrassment in this throughout and yet another case of 'I wish they hadnt made that American Actor try to do an English accent'...Perkins seems uncomfortable in this from beginning to end,you get the feeling he got the job by fax,flew straight to the UK and was on set before he had even had a chance to check in to his hotel and get a good nights sleep.The Irish Villain is wildly over the top and unbelievable and his girlfriend is ridiculous.I have too much respect for Steiger to say much more that he is given much to do.These terrorism scare - movies made for TV in the 80s really haven't aged well at all .Shame that two fine stars like Perkins and Steiger had stuff like this on their resumes at all really.Funnily enough Steiger played an IRA man himself a little earlier in 'Hennessy' which again,hasn't help up well.