Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Johnny Gallagher, a sergeant, is sent from Germany with a prisoner. The prisoner escapes from the men's room at National Airport and Hackman begins his search for his man. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife and various old friends, he finds that the prisoner is part of a plot by senior military personnel on both sides to kill a very high-ranking world figure in order to sabotage arms control talks.
Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Kris Kristofferson campaigned hard to get the role of the Airborne Ranger that went to Tommy Lee Jones.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
When the President and the Soviet leader are introduced at the Chicago gathering, the Soviet leader is identified as the "General Secretary of the Soviet Union". His correct title is General Secretary of the Communist Party.
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Quotes
Lt. Milan Delich:
[putting his sleeping child down on a couch]
I've gotta stop feeding that kid. See more »