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Rogue Male (1976)

Rogue Male poster
Directed by
Clive Donner
Genre
drama, war, tv movie
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British hunter is captured and tortured after attempting to assassinate a foreign dictator. He escapes and returns to England, where he is hunted by enemy agents.

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What happens

Rogue Male is a 1976 British television film directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim (in his last film role), John Standing and Harold Pinter. Made by the BBC, it was adapted by Frederic Raphael based on Geoffrey Household's 1939 novel Rogue Male. It was first broadcast on 22 September 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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