A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Practical Effects
Real helicopter stunts that look genuinely dangerous.
Acting
Duvall suffering beautifully; Bronson barely emoting.
Production
Mexico locations giving authentic 70s grime.
Director
Tom Gries
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fifth of nine films Bronson made with wife Jill Ireland, proving Hollywood nepotism can be delightfully shameless.
Loosely based on a real 1971 escape involving businessman Joel David Kaplan; the actual helicopter pilot was so traumatized he never flew again.
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