- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
Given the level of his achievement since, it's hard to remember that in his early career as a director, Clint Eastwood delivered up one or two boring and emotionless films - The Rookie and The Eiger Sanction to name but two - and this violent Cold War affair is hard going for even the most dedicated of fans. Eastwood plays a disillusioned flier who is sent across the Iron Curtain to steal a new Russian jet and bring it back home. The supporting Britpack (Warren Clarke, Freddie Jones, Ronald Lacey) hams it up for all it's worth, but, while there are some decent flying sequences, Eastwood's heart doesn't appear to be in it.
Plot Summary
Cold War espionage thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. When the Soviet Union develops a deadly new supersonic fighter, western intelligence agencies track down maverick pilot Mitchell Gant, retired since his harrowing experiences in Vietnam. Gant is sent to Moscow to steal the top secret plane.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mitchell Gant
- Clint Eastwood
- Kenneth Aubrey
- Freddie Jones
- Buckholz
- David Huffman
- Pavel Upenskoy
- Warren Clarke
- Semelovsky
- Ronald Lacey
- Colonel Kontarsky
- Kenneth Colley
- General Vladimirov
- Klaus Löwitsch
- Pyotr Baranovich
- Nigel Hawthorne
- First Secretary
- Stefan Schnabel
- General Brown
- Thomas Hill
- Major Lanyev
- Clive Merrison
- Lt Col Voskov
- Kai Wulff
- Natalia
- Dimitra Arliss
Crew
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
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