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Brass Target (1978)

Brass Target poster
Directed by
John Hough
Genre
drama film, war film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the events around General George S. Patton's car crash, suggesting it was a deliberate murder. A team of investigators tries to uncover the truth behind the conspiracy.

suspensefulconspiratorialtensegrittyhistoricalintriguingdramatic

What happens

Brass Target is a 1978 American suspense war film based on the 1974 novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan. The film was produced by Berle Adams and Arthur Lewis and directed by John Hough. It stars Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan and Max von Sydow. The film's plot concerns General George S. Patton's fatal automobile crash and suggests that the crash was not an accident but the result of a conspiracy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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