Firefox
- ...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it!
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Release Date : 1982-06-18
Language :RussianEnglish
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Malpaso Productions
Production Country : United States of America
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Mitchell Gant
Original Name : Clint Eastwood
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kenneth Aubrey
Original Name : Freddie Jones
Gender : Male
Character Name : Captain Buckholz
Original Name : David Huffman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pavel Upenskoy
Original Name : Warren Clarke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Semelovsky
Original Name : Ronald Lacey
Gender : Male
Character Name : Colonel Kontarsky
Original Name : Kenneth Colley
Gender : Male
Character Name : General Vladimirov
Original Name : Klaus Löwitsch
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pyotr Baranovich
Original Name : Nigel Hawthorne
Gender : Male
Character Name : First Secretary
Original Name : Stefan Schnabel
Gender : Male
Character Name : General Brown
Original Name : Thomas Hill
Gender : Male
Character Name : Major Lanyev
Original Name : Clive Merrison
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lt. Colonel Voskov
Original Name : Kai Wulff
Gender : Male
Character Name : Natalia
Original Name : Dimitra Arliss
Gender : Female
Character Name : Walters
Original Name : Austin Willis
Gender : Male
Character Name : Captain Seerbacker
Original Name : Michael Currie
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lt. Commander Fleischer
Original Name : James Staley
Gender : Male
Character Name : General Rogers
Original Name : Ward Costello
Gender : Male
Character Name : Air Marshal Kutuzov
Original Name : Alan Tilvern
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dmitri Priabin
Original Name : Oliver Cotton
Gender : Male
Character Name : William Saltonstall
Original Name : Bernard Behrens
Gender : Male
Character Name : Admiral Curtin
Original Name : Richard Derr
Gender : Male
Character Name : Major Dietz
Original Name : Woody Eney
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Guard
Original Name : Bernard Erhard
Gender : Male
Character Name : Police Inspector Tortyev
Original Name : Hugh Fraser
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Official
Original Name : David Gant
Gender : Male
Character Name : Customs Officer
Original Name : John Grillo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Old Man
Original Name : Czeslaw Grocholski
Gender : Male
Character Name : Richard Cunningham
Original Name : Neil Hunt
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sub Radio Operator
Original Name : Vincent J. Isaac
Gender : Male
Character Name : Code Operator
Original Name : Alexei Jawdokimov
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Chairman Andropov
Original Name : Wolf Kahler
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Agent
Original Name : Eugene Lipinski
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Schuller
Original Name : Curt Lowens
Gender : Male
Character Name : Guard at Shower
Original Name : Lev Mailer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Captain
Original Name : Fritz Manes
Gender : Male
Character Name : Grosch
Original Name : David Meyers
Gender : Male
Character Name : Interrogator
Original Name : Alfredo Michelson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Officer at Plane
Original Name : Zeno Nahayevsky
Gender : Male
Character Name : Leon Sprague
Original Name : George Orrison
Gender : Male
Character Name : GRU Officer
Original Name : Tony Papenfuss
Gender : Male
Character Name : Borkh
Original Name : Olivier Pierre
Gender : Male
Character Name : GRU Officer
Original Name : Grigoriy Plotkin
Gender : Male
Character Name : General Borov
Original Name : George Pravda
Gender : Male
Character Name : Chief Peck
Original Name : John Ratzenberger
Gender : Male
Character Name : Captain of the Riga
Original Name : Alex Rodine
Gender : Male
Character Name : Agent
Original Name : Lance Rosen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Russian Captain
Original Name : Gene Scherer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shelley
Original Name : Warwick Sims
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Agent
Original Name : Malcolm Storry
Gender : Male
Character Name : RAF Operator
Original Name : Chris Winfield
Gender : Male
Character Name : Admiral Pearson
Original Name : John Yates
Gender : Male
Character Name : Riga Fire Control Chief
Original Name : Alexander Zale
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Agent (uncredited)
Original Name : Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Guard (uncredited)
Original Name : Larry Guardino
Gender : Male
Character Name : Russian Guard in Aircraft Hanger (uncredited)
Original Name : Jeremy Coote
Gender : Male
Character Name : KGB Agent (uncredited)
Original Name : Gideon Singer
Gender : Male
Reviews
r96sk
@r96sk
2022-01-30
Just good, nothing more unfortunately. 'Firefox' should be a much more entertaining and engrossing flick from 1982, but it's kinda just... there. Like, it's watchable but it really didn't do anything more for me. The 136 minute run time is a little overlong perhaps, but then if the aforementioned entertainment was there then that'd be a fine length for it to be honest. As for the cast: Clint Eastwood is solid, though the rest of the them are a little forgettable - Warren Clarke is alright, I guess. Also, and I only noticed when skimming through the credits online, apparently John Ratzenberger is in this! I do believe this is the first time we've seen Eastwood in a fighter jet since 1955's 'Tarantula', one for all you fact fans out there. Elsewhere, the special effects have not aged well at all - I can forgive that, admittedly. It might not be a must-watch, yet I'd say it's worth a sit through once.
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