MOVIES: DAVID NIVEN LIKES LIVING IN LUXURY Mann, Roderick. With Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers. There are some tense moments when the gang takes steps in their master plan of escape, and there are some pretty cute moments of camaraderie. Flatley, Guy. [1], The film was partly financed and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. Sonny Bono on a New Horizon Lewin, David. His last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, which his head is virtually shaped like. The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. New York Times 14 Oct 1977: 58. Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Professor Blake learns from one of the freed monks that their treasure — Byzantine plates made of gold — is safe, having been hidden in the brothel the entire time.
Los Angeles Times 25 Apr 1978: f8., Richard Wren as Capt.
[4] The film was also known as The Athena Crisis. Judson knocks out the control room with grenades, but one of the Germans survives long enough to activate the base's self-destruct mechanism.
It's endemic of how the experiences of war had, by that stage in cinema, become so filtered through to entertainment at its purest that it starts to resemble a starry, action packed pantomime - the end point of which would become 1981's Escape to Victory. Resistance to the Germans is led by Zeno, a former monk, and his few fighters.
The 15th direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film, the movie sold 53,389 units in its first week and as of January 2013, it has sold approximately 194,000 units. Four naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime. They walk past some prisoners outside in the fenced yard, and Elliott gives a double-take to William Holden. The film was based on a script by Dick Lochte who was a former Playboy PR executive. Grade's first five films had been made in partnership with General Cinema Corp, but Grade would finance this slate himself.
[1], The film was partly financed and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. Written by The international cast included many well-known actors of the 1970s, including Roger Moore , … However Zeno tells Charlie that the treasures belong to the Greek people. With the choice of being killed by Zeno or helping them, Hecht joins forces with the Allies, helping them eradicate Volkmann's troops as well as capturing the fuel depot. While Hecht is content to sit out the war, the SS Commandant of the nearby town, Major Volkmann, brutally enforces discipline, including reprisal executions of civilians. Without revealing the whole truth, Zeno tells Charlie, Rotelli and Judson that in return for helping liberate the monks from the Germans, whatever they find there would be theirs. The camp Commandant, Major Otto Hecht, a former Austrian antiques dealer, is sending some of the valuable pieces to his sister living in Switzerland. Professor Blake learns from one of the freed monks that their treasure — Byzantine plates made of gold — is safe, having been hidden in the brothel the entire time. Zeno now receives word from Allied intelligence that the planned invasion of the islands has been brought forward, and so the German garrison in the monastery atop Mount Athena must be neutralised.
A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. That was produced by the team of David Niven Jr and Jack Wiener, and had been successful, so ITC agreed to finance two more films from the same team, Escape to Athena and Green Ice. Tony Curtis: Giving Novel a Shove While Hecht is content to sit out the war, the SS Commandant of the nearby town, Major Volkmann, brutally enforces discipline, including reprisal executions of civilians. Along the way, he encounters several of the Muppets—who all share the same ambition of finding success in professional show business—while being pursued by Doc Hopper, an evil restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business. Was this review helpful to you? When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them. It is also a reference to Honeywell Labs, a technology company which aired TV commercials well-known at the time of the original Muppet Show. It stars Elliott Gould with James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O.J. Grade had some success in this field with such series as Gerry Anderson's various Supermarionation series such as Thunderbirds, Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner, and Jim Henson's The Muppet Show. The film was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment, who had previously made The Eagle Has Landed. Impressive motorcycle stuntwork featuring some excellent jumps". is a 1933 American pre-Code film about World War I prisoners of war in a German camp. 8 of 9 people found this review helpful. Captured! During a battle with the resistance, SS Major Volkmann escapes on a motorcycle with Charlie (played by Elliott Gould) chasing after him on a motorcycle with sidecar down narrow village streets. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Still, with the pre-sales I'd made we didn't lose nearly as much as we might have". I believe that it must have. Mann, Roderick. Zeno, who is in contact with Allied Headquarters, is ordered to break the prisoners out of their camp and use them to help liberate the town and capture the nearby U-boat refuelling depot. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould. Zeno now receives word from Allied intelligence that the planned invasion of the islands has been brought forward, and so the German garrison in the monastery atop Mount Athena must be neutralised. It was filmed in Panavision. Just Another Pandora's Box, also known as Once Upon a Chinese Classic, is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. Escape to Athena is a 1979 British war adventure film directed by George P. Cosmatos.It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould.The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island.
In 1944, Allied prisoners at a POW camp on an unnamed Greek island are forced to excavate ancient artifacts. The film earned mixed reviews and did poorly at the box office. It ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast run for an American television series inspired by that war.
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