The Passage (1978)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Genres - Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama, War Adventure |
Release Date - Mar 9, 1979 (USA - Unknown), Mar 9, 1979 (USA) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Matthew Tobey
Director J. Lee Thompson directed this World War II adventure drama from a script by author Bruce Nicolaysen who adapted the screenplay from his novel The Perilous Passage. Anthony Quinn stars as a brave Basque mountaineer who is hired by the American military to guide Professor Bergsson (James Mason) and his family over the dangerous Pyrenees. Together the two men struggle to ensure the group's survival and elude Von Berkow a crazed Nazi played by Malcolm MacDowell.
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war, behind-enemy-lines, captive, captor, escape, family
