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5.6/10 • 10

1975-08-081h 40m

Thriller

Everyone they meet...every door they open...every corner they turn...could be their last!

U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.

Directors
Daniel Mann
Editors
John McSweeney Jr.

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  1. Sam Waterston

    Sam Waterston

    Mr. Graham

  2. Zero Mostel

    Zero Mostel

    Kopelkin

  3. Yvette Mimieux

    Yvette Mimieux

    Josette

  4. Ian McShane

    Ian McShane

    Banat

  5. Joseph Wiseman

    Joseph Wiseman

    Colonel Haki

  6. Scott Marlowe

    Scott Marlowe

    Jose

  7. Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Mrs. Mathews

  8. Stanley Holloway

    Stanley Holloway

    Mr. Mathews

  9. Donald Pleasence

    Donald Pleasence

    Kuvetli

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CinemaSerf

Jun 5, 2023

5/10

Swap a train for a boat, oil for some bullets and we have a rehash of the 1943 Orson Welles version of this story - only this is nowhere near as good. It doesn't really help that the casting lacks for any great clout. Sam Waterston is weak in the lead as "Graham" - the scientist who gets caught up in a Turkish conspiracy after he discovers that there might just be oil in them thar desert. This information is proving quite dangerous for the man and he needs to get out before he succumbs to one of the plentiful - but not very efficient - assassins out to kill him. He manages to make it onto a train on which he hopes to escape - but are the passengers all they seem to be? We know from fairly early on that "Banat" (Ian McShane) is his biggest danger and therein lay my first problem. He has all the menace of a cucumber sandwich. Zero Mostel's duplicitous "Kopelkin" fares little better and though the supporting cast boats some A-list names, they feature too sparingly to make much difference with this rather far-fetched and procedural attempt at a thriller that's just, well, very light on thrills. I did quite like the last few scenes as things flare up, but otherwise this is a pretty unremarkable television movie that you'll very readily forget.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,500,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookoilgeologistship passengers