In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
- 6.5
- 1976
- Released
- 1h 43m
Peter O'Toole
Sir Robert Thorndyke
John Standing
Major Quive-Smith
Alastair Sim
The Earl
Michael Byrne
Interrogator
Mark McManus
Vaner
Ray Smith
Fisherman
Hugh Manning
Peale
Robert Lang
Jessel
Cyd Hayman
Rebecca
Ian East
Muller
Maureen Lipman
Freda
Ray Mort
Gerald
Philip Jackson
1st Seaman
Nicholas Ball
2nd Seaman
Michael Sheard
Adolf Hitler
Henry Woolf
Ticket Office Clerk
Ron Pember
Ticket CollectorRichardson Morgan
Ticket CollectorDennis Chinnery
Tube Passenger
Pat Gorman
GestapoJohn Ringham
German PolicemanDeclan Mulholland
Cook
Denys Hawthorne
AssassinShirley Dynevor
Eva Braun
Ivor Roberts
Mr DrakeJean Rimmer
PostmistressJulia Chambers
DaughterGeorge Selway
CaptainTrevor Ray
Golf Clubber
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Based on Geoffrey Household's rather far-fetched book, Peter O'Toole is British aristocrat "Sir Robert" who lays plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler before the start of WWII. After missing an open goal his plan goes awry, and after some fairly brutal torture at the hands of his captor Michael Byrne, he manages to flee the scene of his own proposed demise and to make it back to Blighty where his solic