Category: 22
All Genres: War, Drama
Release Year: 1978
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Runtime: 107
Languages: English
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

See the greatest cars in the world destroyed!

Writing by: Cesare Frugoni - writer
Umberto Lenzi - screenplay
Umberto Lenzi - story

Produced by: Mino Loy - producer (as Humphrey Longan)
Luciano Martino - producer (as Louis Martin)

Cast: Helmut Berger - Lt. Kurt Zimmer
Samantha Eggar - Annelise Ackermann
Giuliano Gemma - Captain Martin Scott
John Huston - Sean O'Hara
Stacy Keach - Major Mannfred Roland
Ray Lovelock - Lt. John Foster
Aldo Massasso - Lt. William McShane
Venantino Venantini - Michael
Ida Galli - Sybil Scott (as Evelyn Stewart)
Orson Welles - Narrator (voice)
Edwige Fenech - Danielle

Music: Franco Micalizzi
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Plot Outline: Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza...
Plot: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.

Movie Quotes: [last lines]
Paula Powers: So, what do you think, where are we on our 50th anniversary?
Sam Freeman: Right here. I will never leave the car!
Paula Powers: Whoa!
[kisses him]


Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
A disclaimer at the end reads: "Law enforcement procedures depicted in this film do not necessarily depict those of any law enforcement agency mentioned herein."

Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: While on the outskirts of Vegas a news truck enters the chase. In forward shots there is only the newswoman driving it, from behind she has a male passenger inside with her.

Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Financed by Roger Corman in exchange for Ron Howard appearing in Eat My Dust (1976).
• The first film to be shown three times in one day on HBO (shortly after HBO began broadcasting 24 hours).
• As a promotion for this movie, "16" magazine ran a contest and the winner received a trip to Hollywood and bit part in the film. Her name was Caryn and she was the girl who catches the bouquet at Paula and Sam's wedding.