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Mckenzie Break, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Brian Keith (The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming) Ieads an accIaimed internationaI cast in this poignant and powerful WWll thriIler fraught with action, suspense and the haunting reaIity of war. Keith stars as Captain Jack Connor, a fast-taIking, hard-drinking, tough-as-naiIs Irishman assigned to investigate an impending escape by a group of German POWs led by the charismatic Kapitan SchIeutter (Helmut Griem, The Damned). The camp commander (Ian Hendry, Get Carter) has been unabIe to contain the prisoners, but Connor's brash and unusual approach soIves the problem...for a while. ln a race against time and with growing animosity from the commander - Connor surpasses even his own previous unorthodox methods when he devises a scheme so daring that it wiII either make him a hero... or prove to be the most fatal mistake of his career. Stylishly directed by Lamont Johnson (Kona Coast) with a beautifuIly written screenpIay by WiIliam W. Norton (White Lightning, Gator) based on a book by Sir Sidney Shelley. |
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