The Secret Ways
Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark, 1961
The Last Frontier
Alistair MacLean, 1959
The Secret Ways is a movie directed by Phil Karlson and Richard Widmark in 1961 and based on the book The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean, first published in 1959. The movie features Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Régnier, Walter Rilla, Senta Berger, Howard Vernon, and others.
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Storyline
In 1960 Vienna, after Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, American adventurer Michael Reynolds is hired by an international espionage ring to smuggle a noted scholar and resistance leader, Professor Jansci, out of Communist-ruled Hungary. Reynolds, Julia, and Jansci are quickly rounded up and taken to Szarhaza Prison, where they are tortured by the sadistic Colonel Hidas.
Movie vs Book
Year
1961
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1959
Pages
253
Book Rate
7.66
S: Goodreads
Book
The Last Frontier
Author: Alistair MacLean
Country: UK
First published in: 1959
Length: 253 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, it's a strange process to watch your novel turned into a movie. It's tremendously exciting but somewhat voyeuristic.”
MARCUS SAKEY (Writer)
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