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10/11/1973 War, TV Movie 1h 14m
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Overview

In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.

  1. David Lowell Rich

    Director

  2. Charles Kuenstle

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Lloyd Bridges

    Gen. Ernst Beimler

  2. Roy Thinnes

    Arnold McMillan

  3. Eric Braeden

    Stoeffer

  4. Doug McClure

    Lt. Del Culpepper

  5. Brendon Boone

    Pvt. Huffman

  6. Christopher Cary

    British Radioman

  7. Dennis Rucker

    Lt. Voelke

  8. Dennis Dugan

    Pvt. Becker

  9. Ivor Barry

    Maj. Waverly

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Reviews

A review by Col_Hessler
Written by Col_Hessler on 2019-10-05
This is a terrific variation on Moby Dick, and is one of those stories from the 70s made-for-TV movie heyday. Doug McClure's character is an easy going guy who just wants to do enough to get by. He sets down at a British base expecting to gas up and go. The British draft him into a mission and give him Roy Thinnes as a wingman. Meanwhile, Lloyd Bridges is a German general who, lost on his own, finds a German tank, also lost, and takes charge.
There is a clash which results in Thinnes shot down, and McClure picking him up, with Bridges' tank crippling McClure's plane so it can only fly in...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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