Gregory Peck, James Mason, Jeremy Black
Gregory Peck hams it up big time in this 1978 thriller based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel. Peck plays an old German Nazi behind a mysterious series of murders, the investigation of which leads to ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
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August 3, 2009A decent but not great flick about the plans of Josef Mengele, now a resident of Paraguay, attempts to bring back the glory of Nazi Germany in the 1970s. Interesting idea with a sci-fi bent, but hard to believe that anyone would go to the amount of trouble and time it would take ...( read more)
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April 5, 2009Far fetched, but compelling thriller, is based on the novel by Ira Levin about an aging Nazi hunter who uncovers a diabolical plot orchestrated by Nazi death-camp doctor, Josef Mengele. Seeing Laurence Olivier in an Oscar nominated role and Gregory Peck cast against type, is fun...( read more)
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December 16, 2008Peck is slimy and overacts quite a bit. Olivier plays a very different character than I have seen him play before, but his accent gets a bit annoying and he is really too old to be getting mixed up in this adventure. This movie has a really weird sci-fi plot about a handful of ...( read more)
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July 3, 2007Pulpy nonsense that sees a plot to clone Hitler and create a fourth reich. A great cast flounder in the innate tackiness of it all; little subtlety is on view, Gregory Peck in particular is bizarrely cast against type as a cold and cruel nazi, and never convinces. Add to this the...( read more)
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November 20, 2009The far fetched and severe plot is overcome by a trio of great stars - Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck and James Mason. interesting, surprisingly dated, more powerful in 1978. A bit too long, good production values.
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October 5, 2009This Nazi matter is more serious case. Don't take it too light with serious cast.
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September 6, 2009Entertaining. Tremendous star power. The plot is a tad absurd. Still captivating.
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