Black Sunday (1977)

143 min · Thriller, action film, disaster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

John Frankenheimer

Cast

Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats, William Daniels

The story

Michael Lander is a Goodyear Blimp pilot who flies over National Football League games for network television coverage. Secretly deranged by years of torture as a POW in the Vietnam War, he had a bitter court martial upon his return and a failed marriage. He longs to kill himself and to take with him as many as possible of the cheerful, carefree civilians he sees from his blimp each weekend.

Catalogue themes and tags

CIA, Israel, Mossad, Palestine, Terrorismus, football, israelisch-palästinensischer Konflikt, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Action/Adventure, Mystery

Genres

Thriller, action film, disaster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film

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