Réalisation:
Douglas HickoxPhotographie:
Ousama RawiMusique:
Lalo SchifrinActeurs·trices:
James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, John Beck, Zouzou, Werner Pochath, Steven Keats, Kenneth Griffith (plus)Résumés(1)
Ellen is the wife of an international industrialist. She and her two children are kidnapped from their home in Athens and taken to an abandoned monastery by a group of terrorists. The monastery is located on a high cliff that is hard to access, and the police attempt a rescue, but fail. Soon after this, Ellen's ex-husband Jim enters the fight and has the idea of using hang-gliding riders from a flying circus to save the children. Jim and the circus members glide in by night to get his ex-wife and children back… (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
A very likeable and literally relaxing film. It's no masterpiece, and it is quite obvious that the plot exists mainly to culminate in a truly unusual rescue mission. Should that bother me? It could have, but it doesn't matter. There's the good James Coburn, whose idea for the aforementioned flying between high rocks was probably whispered to him by Wile E. Coyote, there's Schifrin's sensational music (he plays with Greek motifs in a similar way to Escape to Athena, meaning very nicely), there are briskly shot action scenes (the ending with the hang gliders and the helicopter, in which J.C. did stunts, bears comparison to the best Bond films) and, above all, the constant feeling that everything will turn out well in the end. It’s good.
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