Drama, War, TV Movie
1976
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.
Top cast:
Peter O'Toole
Sir Robert Thorndyke
John Standing
Major Quive-Smith
Alastair Sim
The Earl
Harold Pinter
Saul Abrahams
Michael Byrne
Interrogator
Mark McManus
Vaner
Ray Smith
Fisherman
Hugh Manning
Peale
Robert Lang
Jessel
Cyd Hayman
Rebecca
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 Collector
Pat Gorman
Gestapo
Denys Hawthorne
Assassin
Ivor Roberts
Mr Drake
David Webb
Pork Pie
