Prisoner of Rio (1988)

Directors

Lech Majewski

Cast

Breno Moroni, Cláudia Cepeda, Desmond Llewelyn, Elke Maravilha, Florinda Bolkan, José Wilker, Lulu Santos, Paul Freeman, Paulo Villaça, Peter Firth, Ronnie Biggs, Steven Berkoff, Wilza Carla, Zezé Motta

The story

After escaping from Wandsworth prison for his part in the Great Train Robbery, Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs (Paul Freeman) goes on the run to Rio de Janeiro and becomes the world's most wanted man. Hot on his trail however is committed copper Jack McFarland (Steven Berkoff), who will stop at nothing to bring him back to justice – even if that means stepping outside the law.

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