The Last Escape (1970)
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Directors
Walter Grauman
Cast
Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun
The story
During the Second World War, American Captain Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a group of British commandos attempt to locate and kidnap the leading German rocket scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun). Along the way they are chased by SS and Soviet forces who were also after him.
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War Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
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