Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Delbert Mann, 1976
Operation Overflight
Francis Gary Powers, 1970
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident is a movie directed by Delbert Mann in 1976 and based on the book Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time by Francis Gary Powers, first published in 1970. The movie features Lee Majors, Noah Beery Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, Brooke Bundy, William Daniels, James Gregory, and others.
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Year
1976
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
6.70
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Movie
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Director: Delbert Mann
Country: USA
Year: 1976
Length: 2h
Year
1970
Pages
375
Book Rate
8.40
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Book
Operation Overflight
Subtitle: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time
Author: Francis Gary Powers
Country: USA
First published in: 1970
Length: 375 pages
Genre: Biography
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