A Russian spy penetrates into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon to try to kill a Soviet defector under asylum there.
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| Richard Roundtree | ... | Richard 'Dick' Shannon | |
| Chuck Connors | ... | Kesten | |
| Marie-José Nat | ... | Laure | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Ambassador | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Frank Dunniger | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Gorenko | |
| David Bauer | ... | Kadish | |
| Larry Cross | ... | Gamble | |
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David Healy | ... | Phelan |
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Karl Held | ... | Rylands |
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Sarah Marshall | ... | Miss Harding |
| Dee Pollock | ... | Stacey | |
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Leila Buheiry | ... | Leila, Receptionist |
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Gail Clymer | ... | Switchboard Operator |
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Edmond Hannania | ... | First Man in Black |
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A Russian spy penetrates into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon to try to kill a Soviet defector under asylum there.
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EnglishRelease Date:
2 March 1972 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Frank Dunniger: A hamburger and french fries.
Gorenko: It's typical American food?
Frank Dunniger: Yeah, so what?
Gorenko: German town and French potatoes.
Frank Dunniger: Look, Junior, if it wasn't for you, I'd be home having Chicken Maryland with my wife, so shut up and eat.
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Gorenko is to be flown out in the C141a Starlifter (ser. 64-0624; C/N 300-6037, 437th MAW) that is seen at the airport. On Thursday 12 July, 1984, that aircraft was destroyed in a fatal accident shortly after take-off from Sigonella Naval Airfield in Sicily. No. 3 engine experienced an uncontained failure. Debris was ejected which caused no. 4 engine to also fail. Debris also entered the cargo compartment, starting a fire in a pallet containing paint. The cargo fire produced thick, toxic smoke which made visual control of the aircraft extremely difficult. The aircraft entered a steep bank and crashed within 198 seconds of takeoff. All 8 crew members and the single passenger on board were killed. See more »Quotes
Gorenko: What do you call this?Frank Dunniger: A hamburger and french fries.
Gorenko: It's typical American food?
Frank Dunniger: Yeah, so what?
Gorenko: German town and French potatoes.
Frank Dunniger: Look, Junior, if it wasn't for you, I'd be home having Chicken Maryland with my wife, so shut up and eat.
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A pleasant enough diversion which somehow should have produced more wallop, considering all the name people in the cast. I was in that cast playing the part of Rylands, as Karl Held. I was greeted at the airport with the news that my role had been increased in size and importance. I wrongly assumed that they would boost my billing accordingly. They did not. My mistake. Had a great time working with the many well established names, and hanging out in Beirut and Syria. Top notch cinematographer, Raoul Coutard was on the job. He was a big help to all of us Background noise on the sound track necessitated looping entire performances in a London sound studio. Performances suffered in the process, perhaps not all that much, but they were negatively affected; although mine received a nice mention in the London Times. "Laid back and intelligent performance" in another review. Also, a tough row to hoe for many of us in the cast, was getting "the bug" despite our precautions of shunning the water and local cooking...the show must go on. In the end, though, all that counts is what's on the screen. Yes, it should have been better, but,in my opinion,it was hardly a disaster.