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24/07/1974 Thriller, Drama 1h 29m
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Who will be alive when the hands stop?

Overview

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

  1. Ken Hughes

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Coburn

    Robert Elliot

  2. Lee Grant

    Jean Robertson

  3. Harry Andrews

    Albert Parsons

  4. Ian Hendry

    Alex Hellman

  5. Michael Jayston

    David Baker

  6. Christiane Krüger

    Christina Larsson

  7. Keenan Wynn

    E.J. Farnsworth

  8. Terence Alexander

    Business tycoon

  9. Julian Glover

    Arnold Pryce-Jones

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-15
James Coburn is quite effective in this action thriller. He is "Prof. Elliot", about to become a high ranking government advisor. Snag is, he has quite a past - and so must devise a cunning plan to ensure that all those privy to his dirty laundry are eliminated. The plot utilises quite a clever domino-style effect. Those doing the killing don't know who is instructing them, nor that they won't last much longer themselves, and the pace from director Ken Hughes is well managed eliciting a good effort from both Coburn and from the usually reliable Keenan Wynn ("Farnsworth"). What makes this work ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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