Underplayed Gems

The Osterman Weekend (1983)

The Osterman Weekend poster
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Genre
action film, spy film, political thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 200 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A television producer invites his friends to a weekend getaway. The CIA asks him to spy on them because they may be Soviet agents.

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What happens

The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 American suspense thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the 1972 novel by Robert Ludlum. It stars Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Chris Sarandon and Craig T. Nelson. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on November 4, 1984. It was Peckinpah's final film, who died less than two months after its premiere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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