Directed by:
Douglas HickoxCinematography:
Ousama RawiComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, John Beck, Zouzou, Werner Pochath, Steven Keats, Kenneth Griffith, Ernie F. Orsatti (more)VOD (1)
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When a rich industrialist by the name of Bracken (Robert Culp) finds that his wife and children have been kidnapped by terrorists, he has the police try to capture them and rescue his family. But the police fail in every attempt and Bracken's last hope lies in his wife's former husband McCabe (James Coburn) who has his own plan of action and recruits a team of professional hang gliders for a daring mountain top rescue. (101 Films)
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A very likeable and literally relaxing film. It's no masterpiece, and it is quite obvious that the plot exists mainly to culminate in a truly unusual rescue mission. Should that bother me? It could have, but it doesn't matter. There's the good James Coburn, whose idea for the aforementioned flying between high rocks was probably whispered to him by Wile E. Coyote, there's Schifrin's sensational music (he plays with Greek motifs in a similar way to Escape to Athena, meaning very nicely), there are briskly shot action scenes (the ending with the hang gliders and the helicopter, in which J.C. did stunts, bears comparison to the best Bond films) and, above all, the constant feeling that everything will turn out well in the end. It’s good.
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