Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America, he is sentenced to detention in a ...
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Title: Gulag (TV Movie 1985)
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6 nominations.
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| David Keith | ... | Mickey Almon | |
| Malcolm McDowell | ... | The Englishman | |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Hooker | |
| John McEnery | ... | Diczek | |
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Nancy Paul | ... | Susan Almon |
| Brian Pettifer | ... | Vlasov | |
| George Pravda | ... | Bukovsky | |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Jay | |
| Bruce Boa | ... | McHenry | |
| Eugene Lipinski | ... | Yuri | |
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Ray Jewers | ... | T.V. Interviewer |
| Bogdan Kominowski | ... | Stolypin Guard | |
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Barrie Houghton | ... | Wisinski |
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Alexei Jawdokimov | ... | Vikstrom |
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Ivan Lee | ... | Chinaman |
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Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America, he is sentenced to detention in a Gulag, a barbaric prison camp in the wilds of Siberia. Unable to prove his innocence, Mickey must either put up with the inhuman conditions or engineer an escape. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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He's innocent . . . he's isolated . . . condemned as a spy. See more »Genres:
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The Englishman: Well, that's no problem. Just take along a sandwich. You know what a sandwich is, don't you, old boy?
Diczek: Let's just play cards...
The Englishman: [to Diczek] No, wait a minute, wait a minute! Look, we got a new boy here, and it's time he knew the facts.
[to Mickey]
The Englishman: A ...
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John J. O'Connor in a review published in The New York Times newspaper on 17th January 1985 reported that "part of the film was made on a glacier in Norway". See more »Quotes
Diczek: [Discussing the impossibility of escape with Mickey] For a break to succeed, you'd have to *start* it a thousand kilometers away from here. And then you'd have to cross ice in winter, or tundra and swamps in the summer. Not to mention the problem of food.The Englishman: Well, that's no problem. Just take along a sandwich. You know what a sandwich is, don't you, old boy?
Diczek: Let's just play cards...
The Englishman: [to Diczek] No, wait a minute, wait a minute! Look, we got a new boy here, and it's time he knew the facts.
[to Mickey]
The Englishman: A ...
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The Prism Entertainment VHS does not include any scenes of the glove-making races. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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13 January 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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David Keith was amazing and this movie is a must see