• Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller
• Themes: Mind Games, Haunted By the Past
• Director: John Frankenheimer
• Main Cast: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer, Mario Adorf
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Director John Frankenheimer and writers Edward Anhalt and George Axelrod try to inject some life into this adaptation of Robert Ludlum's best-selling espionage novel. Michael Caine stars as Noel Holcroft, who was adopted in Germany by an American family in the waning days of World War II. Now middle-aged, Noel learns that his biological father, who had been one of Hitler's key economic advisors, left him more than $4 billion at his death. Noel is supposed to dispense the money to specific individuals who had suffered under the oppression of Hitler. But Noel comes to realize the money is, in fact, being used by fascists starting a new Nazi regime. When the neo-Nazis find out Noel is wise to their plans, they chase him through Europe, trying to assassinate him and make way for a Fourth Reich. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Michael Caine - Noel Holcroft
• Anthony Andrews - Johann Tennyson von Tiebolt
• Victoria Tennant - Helden Tennyson von Tiebolt
• Lilli Palmer - Althene Holcroft
• Mario Adorf - Erich Kessler

Michel Lonsdale - Ernst Manfredi; Bernard Hepton - Leighton; Richard Münch - Oberst; Carl Rigg - Anthony Beaumont; André Penvern - Frederick Leger; Andrew Bradford - Hartman; Shane Rimmer - Lieutenant Miles; Alexander Kerst - Gen. Clausen; Michael Wolf - Gen. Kessler; Hugo Bower - Gen. Von Tiebolt; Michael Balfour - Hard Hat; Keith Edwards - Policeman; Shelley Thompson - Executive Secretary; Guntbert Warns - Fritzl; Paul Humpoletz - Oberst's Guard; Eve Adam - Manfredi's Secretary; Andrea Browne - Switchboard Operator; Tim Condren - Rescuer; Tharita Olivera de Seral - Assassin; Tom Deininger - Concierge; Jorge Trees - Carnival Director; Maggie Cartier

Credit

Mort Abrahams - Producer; Brian Ackland-Snow - Art Director; William Alexander - Art Director; Edward Anhalt - Screenwriter; George Axelrod - Screenwriter; Peter Dawson - Special Effects; Gerry Fisher - Cinematographer; John Frankenheimer - Director; Holger Gross - Art Director; John Hopkins - Screenwriter; Derek Hyde - Costume Designer; Ely Landau - Producer; Edie Landau - Producer; Peter Mullins - Production Designer; Otto Plaschkes - Co-producer; Wally Schneiderman - Makeup; Ralph Sheldon - Editor; Stanislas Syrewicz - Composer (Music Score); Cliff Wenger - Special Effects; Tom Sachs - Associate Producer; Andreas Grosch - Location Manager; Robert Ludlum - Book Author

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