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In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Release Date : 1976-09-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sir Robert Thorndyke

Original Name : Peter O'Toole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Quive-Smith

Original Name : John Standing

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Earl

Original Name : Alastair Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saul Abrahams

Original Name : Harold Pinter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interrogator

Original Name : Michael Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vaner

Original Name : Mark McManus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Ray Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peale

Original Name : Hugh Manning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jessel

Original Name : Robert Lang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca

Original Name : Cyd Hayman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Muller

Original Name : Ian East

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freda

Original Name : Maureen Lipman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gerald

Original Name : Ray Mort

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Seaman

Original Name : Philip Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Seaman

Original Name : Nicholas Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adolf Hitler

Original Name : Michael Sheard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Office Clerk

Original Name : Henry Woolf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Collector

Original Name : Ron Pember

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Collector

Original Name : Richardson Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tube Passenger

Original Name : Dennis Chinnery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gestapo

Original Name : Pat Gorman

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Policeman

Original Name : John Ringham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : Declan Mulholland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assassin

Original Name : Denys Hawthorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eva Braun

Original Name : Shirley Dynevor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Drake

Original Name : Ivor Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Postmistress

Original Name : Jean Rimmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Daughter

Original Name : Julia Chambers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain

Original Name : George Selway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Golf Clubber

Original Name : Trevor Ray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pork Pie

Original Name : David Webb

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-04-01

Based on Geoffrey Household's rather far-fetched book, Peter O'Toole is British aristocrat "Sir Robert" who lays plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler before the start of WWII. After missing an open goal his plan goes awry, and after some fairly brutal torture at the hands of his captor Michael Byrne, he manages to flee the scene of his own proposed demise and to make it back to Blighty where his solicitor and kindly uncle (Alastair Sim) recommends he keep his head down for fear his plot be publicised, and the country be dragged into war...! The Nazis have not, however, given up on their chase and his efforts to stay out of their sights quite literally drive him underground. It is all just a bit silly, to be honest, and the sort of stiff-upper-lip gentlemanly code of hunter and hunted borders a little too much on the sarcastic to be scary and not enough to be amusing - even though O'Toole does have some quite pithy put downs for his Aryan pursuers. It is just about worth watching for fans of the star, but the rest of it need not have been remade from the superior 1941 iteration.