Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sean Connery | ... | Khalil Abdul-Muhsen | |
Cornelia Sharpe | ... | Nicole Scott | |
Albert Paulsen | ... | Hamid | |
Adolfo Celi | ... | Al Sharif | |
Marco St. John | ... | Justin | |
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Ted Beniades | ... | Frank Dedario |
Charles Cioffi | ... | Fouad | |
Jaime Sánchez | ... | New York Security | |
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James Bulleit | ... | New York Security |
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Salem Ludwig | ... | Ghossan Kaddara |
Tom Klunis | ... | Hatim Othman | |
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Roger Serbagi | ... | Yassin (as Roger Omar Serbagi) |
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Armand Dahan | ... | Abdel-Latif |
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Charles Randall | ... | Atif Abbas |
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Ian Collier | ... | Nicole's Contact |
Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of O.P.E.C. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them? Written by John A. Barnes <john.barnes@pfizer.com>
The Next Man (1976)
Plot In A Paragraph: Influential Arab diplomat (Connery) becomes the target of numerous assassination attempts, when he announces his plan to make peace with Israel by letting them join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
I kind of wish Connery never made this one, as it is sandwiched in the middle of five great performances (3 before and the 2 that follow)
Playing The Saudi Arabian Minister Of State, but still doing nothing to change his natural accent, Connery kind of phones this one in. There is a sequence in the Bahamas, where he suddenly turns into 007 briefly.
Cornelia Sharpe is gorgeous as the freelance assassin Connery falls in love with. Other than that, there is not a lot to say about this one. Except the phrase "soft brown eyes" which is a line I remembered from seeing this in the 80's.
The Next Man tanked hard at the domestic box office and the DVD I bought was annoyingly expensive too.