Directed by:
Ken HughesScreenplay:
Jonathan LynnCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Roy BuddCast:
James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Christiane Krüger, Keenan Wynn, Julian Glover, Mary Larkin, Rolf Wanka, Ewan Roberts (more)Plots(1)
James Coburn stars as Prof. Robert Elliot, a former secret agent given the job opportunity of a lifetime: adviser to the President of the United States. However, he has some skeletons in his closet that need eliminating, namely the four people aware of his shady past. Elliot hatches a diabolical plot to get rid of his targets in one night, with no ties leading back to him... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![James Coburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420268_8dc678.png)
James Coburn
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
![Lee Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390385_78d6cf.jpg)
Lee Grant
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Detective Story (1951)
![Harry Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653269_647743.jpg)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Ian Hendry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160102_b5f26c.jpg)
Ian Hendry
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Room at the Top (1959)
The Internecine Project (1974)
![Michael Jayston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/079/161079276_f7e8c3.jpg)
Michael Jayston
UK
Best movies:
Cromwell (1970)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie) - narrator
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Christiane Krüger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/828/164828981_1d6025.jpg)
Christiane Krüger
Germany
Best movies:
Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV movie)
The Internecine Project (1974)
The Last Combat (1983)
![Keenan Wynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/570/164570664_651bb6.jpg)
Keenan Wynn
USA
Best movies:
![Julian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271632_2a8d48.jpg)
Julian Glover
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Mary Larkin
Ireland
Best movies:
The Internecine Project (1974)
The McKenzie Break (1970)
X, Y and Zee (1972)
![Rolf Wanka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410472_2365ec.jpg)
Rolf Wanka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
M (1931)
Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1931)
Ewan Roberts
UK
Best movies:
The Internecine Project (1974)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
![David Swift](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781222_5eb4e6.jpg)
David Swift
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
![Victor Harrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/355/161355677_91a359.jpg)
Victor Harrington
Malta
Best movies:
![Reg Thomason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/356/161356968_775b1a.jpg)
Reg Thomason
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Michael Nightingale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/385/161385865_2d3504.jpg)
Michael Nightingale
UK
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Geoffrey Burridge
UK
Best movies:
The Internecine Project (1974)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
![Terence Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444370_2e9798.jpg)
Terence Alexander
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Waterloo (1970)
The Internecine Project (1974)