August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is sealed. Armadas of American bombers from bases in North Africa have begun to assault Pioesti - and there is another threat from the Partisans across the border of Yugoslavia. Against the tableau of spectacular events, the dramatic story of WILD WIND unfolds.
Practical Effects
Genuine explosions on location in Yugoslavia.
Production
Bizarre US-Yugoslav-Romanian co-production chaos.
Director
Aleksandar Petković
George Montgomery
Major Nestorovic
Jay North
Captain Schofield
Dale Cummings
Nazi Lieutenant
Milan Puzić
Kosta
Miroljub Lešo
Okati
Svetozar Cvetković
Svetozar Sekulić, the bounty hunter
Viktor Proskurin
Nikolai
Dušan Janićijević
Duško Babović
Svetlana Toma
Russian Girl
Lyubov Polishchuk
Nata
Dragomir Felba
Naum
Yevgeniya Simonova
Bela
Vladan Živković
Mitar Sekulić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Yugoslavia's brief window of US co-productions before Tito's death—politically fascinating, cinematically scrambled.
George Montgomery was 70 playing a dashing partisan major; stuntmen did most of his running.
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