

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
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.