Action director great Don Siegel managed to get most of the great male stars of the 70's: Eastwood, Matthau and Bronson, and it's Charles in this international thriller where saboteurs are just innocent people unaware of their brainwashing when all of a sudden they get the call. Without much of an attempt of a Russian accent, Bronson plays a KGB agent who heads to America and teams up with Lee Remick as they go out of their way to stop the man behind the sabotage, Donald Pleasence, and Remick gets bizarre orders of her own.
Enjoyable for the kind of messy thriller it is, the film provides a great part for the young Tyne Daly as a very smart agent who first comes across evidence of the plot and what it could lead to. Frankly, I didn't care much about the plot, just the action it lead to as well as some great location footage. Lots of other regulars from Siegel's films includes Sheree North (causing a massive explosion in pink robe and slippers) and Jacqueline Scott, both from "Charley Varrick". Pleasance of course is a fabulous creepy villain, with Bronson and Remick a great team.
Enjoyable for the kind of messy thriller it is, the film provides a great part for the young Tyne Daly as a very smart agent who first comes across evidence of the plot and what it could lead to. Frankly, I didn't care much about the plot, just the action it lead to as well as some great location footage. Lots of other regulars from Siegel's films includes Sheree North (causing a massive explosion in pink robe and slippers) and Jacqueline Scott, both from "Charley Varrick". Pleasance of course is a fabulous creepy villain, with Bronson and Remick a great team.