Eye of the Widow
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Directed by | Andrew V. McLaglen |
Written by | Gérard de Villiers |
Produced by | Daniel Carrillo |
Starring | Richard Young Paul L. Smith Mel Ferrer |
Cinematography | |
Music by | Hubert Rostaing |
Distributed by | |
Release date | October 17, 1991 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Language | English |
Eye of the Widow (French: SAS : L'Œil de la veuve) is a 1991 French-American action film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. It was released in France on October 17, 1991, and in the Philippines on October 14, 1992.
Plot[]
The movie starts with the dangerous and cold-blooded arms dealer Kharoun, who is getting rid of his competitors and adversaries with his army of highly trained killers. The next one on his list is Prince Malko, which location he already has tracked down and planned to attack. But Malko survives the bombing of his castle and flees to the CIA headquarters in New York where he learns that Kharoun owns the serum for a biological mass destruction weapon. After a second murder attempt on Malko, he decides to face Kharoun and goes in for a counterattack.
Production[]
It was written by as an adaptation of two Gérard de Villiers' novels of his SAS series about the Austrian secret agent Malko Linge. It stars Richard Young as Malko Linge along with Mel Ferrer, Ben Cross, Paul L. Smith, F. Murray Abraham and .
This was the final film for McLaglen, director of many well-known Westerns starring the likes of John Wayne, James Stewart and Dean Martin.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- F. Murray Abraham as Kharoun
- Ben Cross as Nassiri
- as Sharnilar Khasani
- Mel Ferrer as Frankenheimer the CIA chief
- Richard Young as Prince Malko Linge
- Paul L. Smith as Elko
- Terence Ford as Milton Brabeck
- Rick Hill as Chris Jones
- Patrick Macnee as Andrew Marcus
- Felicity Dean as Victoria
- Ashley Richardson as Ingrid
- Aharon Ipalé as Soltaneh
- as Countess Alexandra (Credited as Susanna Hofmann)
- Sacha Briquet as Cardinal
Supporting cast[]
- Mike Marshall as Klaus
- as Kashani
- Nabila Khashoggi as Vanya
- as Anna
- Erwin Strahl as Frans
- as Werner
- as Countess
- as Ahmad
- as Asio
- as Terrorist
- as Leila
- as Mahmud
- as Mark
- as FBI Agent Cook (scenes deleted)
- Ken Kirzinger as Gabrisky
- Jeffrey Nordling as FBI Agent
- Terry David Mulligan as Mac Carthy
- as Agent Fred
- as Drunken Man
- as Cyrus
- as Walter
- as Suzy
- as Skipper
- as Steward
- as Ormouz Captain
- as Twin
- as Twin
- Gregory Dark as Messenger
- as Parkinson
- Charles Millot as Carlos
- as Matador
- as Spanish Van Driver
- as Kharoun's Cook
Cameo/uncredited cast[]
- as Club Patron
- as Police Officer #1
Release[]
Eye of the Widow was released in France on October 17, 1991. In the Philippines, the film was released with the same name on October 14, 1992.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Opens Today". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. October 14, 1992. p. 19. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
Its [sic] James Bond 007 Excitement All The Way!
External links[]
- English-language films
- 1991 films
- 1990s action films
- American films
- American spy thriller films
- 1990s English-language films
- English-language French films
- Films directed by Andrew McLaglen
- Films set in France
- Films set in Spain
- French films
- French spy thriller films
- 1990s action film stubs