Director:
Ralph NelsonGuión:
Rod AmateauCámara:
John CoquillonMúsica:
Stanley MyersReparto:
Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Saeed Jaffrey, Persis Khambatta, Rutger Hauer, Patrick Allen, Joe De Graft, Helmut Dantine (más)Sinopsis(1)
La situación en Sudáfrica se vuelve cada vez más difícil y la gente de color es sometida a continuos atropellos por parte de la policía. Rina (Nicol Williamson) consigue en un juicio que liberen a Shack Twuala (Sidney Poitier), su cliente, sin saber que es activista del clandestino movimiento negro que tiene en jaque al departamento de Seguridad Nacional. Jim (Michael Caine), amante de Rina, se ve de pronto envuelto en una trepidante huida con Shack para intentar escapar del cerco policial y conseguir atravesar la frontera, sin imaginarse que todo obedece a un plan perfectamente estudiado. (C.B. Films)
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As a film fighting against apartheid it is somewhat naive. But in fact it's nothing more than a stage set (however, forcibly incorporated wherever possible) for a Hitchcock-like thriller that adheres to all the rules and clichés of the genre. So, we have a man from the crowd who has no idea what is going on and who is played by everyone. And on this level it still works much better, mainly due to the fact that it can be exciting (unfortunately rather in the first half). The dynamics of "I do not trust you, but I need you" of the Caine/Poitier duo has zest and the main villain has proper charisma and respect, without resorting to the obvious "villainous" actions. As a result, it is a decent but rightly forgotten genre movie which is not about the usual motivation of innocence/revenge/money but about ideals.
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