When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
Practical Effects
Real hang gliders. Real cliffs. Real insurance nightmares.
Acting
Coburn's grin saves every absurd line.
Director
Douglas Hickox
James Coburn
Jim McCabe
Susannah York
Ellen Bracken
Robert Culp
Jonas Bracken
Charles Aznavour
Inspector Nikolidis
Harry Andrews
Auerbach
John Beck
Ben
Zouzou
Female terrorist
Kenneth Griffith
Wasserman
Werner Pochath
Number One Terrorist
Antonis Antypas
Dimitri
Telis Zotos
Bracken's secretary
Nikos Tsachiridis
Gatekeeper
Ernie F. Orsatti
Joe
Barbara Trentham
Della
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The hang glider stunts were performed by actual champions; one pilot broke his back during filming but finished the shot.
Released months before the 1976 Entebbe raid, it accidentally mirrored real airborne rescue operations—minus the gliders.
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