Figures in a Landscape (1970)
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Directors
Joseph Losey
Cast
Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell, Henry Woolf, Christopher Malcolm
The story
Two men run across a beach at dawn with their hands tied behind their backs. After several shots of a helicopter frantically searching the landscape, it becomes apparent that the two men are escapees of some kind. It is later revealed that their names are MacConnachie and Ansell.
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Action, drama film, mystery film, war film
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