Two groups of armed men eye each other across a body of water. An deadly incident ensues and the first group returns to their town in fear of the consequences, which never come.They realize ... Read allTwo groups of armed men eye each other across a body of water. An deadly incident ensues and the first group returns to their town in fear of the consequences, which never come.They realize that far greater danger is offing.Two groups of armed men eye each other across a body of water. An deadly incident ensues and the first group returns to their town in fear of the consequences, which never come.They realize that far greater danger is offing.
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Leslie Carlson
- Jim
- (as Les Carlson)
Gloria Carlin
- Ellen
- (as Gloria Carlin Chetwynd)
John Stoneham Sr.
- Volunteer
- (as John Stoneham)
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- TriviaThe film is '' . . . making a statement about the mayhem that can be caused by easy access to weaponry'' according to film critic Vincent Canby in his review published on 20th January 1977 in 'The New York Times'.
- GoofsAt 1:07 Rex (Major) meets with "Sarge" to requisition materials for weekend maneuvers including 18 automatic weapons with 5,000 rounds each and 1 BAR with 5,000 rounds. The BAR uses a 20-round magazine. The remaining automatic weapons, although not specifically identified, use a 20-30 round magazine. At 1:14, Major announces ". . . all of you are veterans, some of you are combat veterans." As troops begin to move into position and throughout the firefight no one appears to carry additional magazines or ammo boxes other than the one magazine in each weapon. Although, not all the troops were aware of the purpose of the maneuvers it is difficult to believe that veterans, especially combat veterans, going into a possible firefight would not carry additional ammunition.
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This film was created and financed by CIA/CI Chief James J. Angleton
CIA Counterintelligence Division Chief was anxious to depict for the general public and specific employees of the U.S. Government an event that had actually ocurred on North American sovereign territory. The facts of this incident were that small units of the Soviet Special Forces [Spetznaz] were indeed crossing the U.S./Canada border and conducting special operations near our missile sites in the Dakotas and Montana, and were permanently based in numerous sanctuary sites within Canada. Moreover, the RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police]had repeatedly failed to locate and identify these numerous safe-sites and safe-houses. It was discovered later that Soviet moles within the Canadian Government were responsible for sabotaging ALL of the RCMP counterintelligence and law enforcement efforts for years!
The writer "Douglas Fairbairn" was actually a CIA Officer using a cover name, and selected the name because of his fondness for the "Fairbairn" Commando Knives that were part of large collection, and respect for the famous British Police Officer [based in Hong Kong] who had designed the knife during World War II.
Unfortunately, security and political concerns caused extensive censoring of the final movie script and within a year of its release it was pulled out of circulation and became extremely difficult to locate and obtain, even to this day!
Limited portions of Angleton's files were released under the JFK Act and the CIA Historical Review Act. Numerous attempts [via The Freedom of Information Act/FOIA] to declassify files that refer to both this movie and the activities of Soviet Special Forces inside the United States have been thwarted at every turn. This includes attempts by the Assassinations Records Review Board [1990s] and the House Select Committee on Assassinations [1970s] investigators.
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The writer "Douglas Fairbairn" was actually a CIA Officer using a cover name, and selected the name because of his fondness for the "Fairbairn" Commando Knives that were part of large collection, and respect for the famous British Police Officer [based in Hong Kong] who had designed the knife during World War II.
Unfortunately, security and political concerns caused extensive censoring of the final movie script and within a year of its release it was pulled out of circulation and became extremely difficult to locate and obtain, even to this day!
Limited portions of Angleton's files were released under the JFK Act and the CIA Historical Review Act. Numerous attempts [via The Freedom of Information Act/FOIA] to declassify files that refer to both this movie and the activities of Soviet Special Forces inside the United States have been thwarted at every turn. This includes attempts by the Assassinations Records Review Board [1990s] and the House Select Committee on Assassinations [1970s] investigators.
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- Apr 20, 2001
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- CA$814,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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