Here are two late-70s pictures from Sir Lew Grade. Shout Factory is bringing the twin-bill Blu-Ray out in just a few days.
Escape To Athena (1979)
Directed by George P. Cosmatos
Starring Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, Paul Picerni
Escape To Athena has a crazy cast (Sonny Bono?), gorgeous Greek locations, a terrific motorcycle chase and a cameo from William Holden.
Roger Moore made some interesting pictures in-between his Bond films, and this is one of them — though I’m a bigger fan of Shout At The Devil (1976) and The Wild Geese (1978)
March Or Die (1977)
Directed by Dick Richards
Starring Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow, Sir Ian Holm
They tried to make Terence Hill a star in the US, and it didn’t work. Me, I much preferred the Trinity films. Anyway, this is a pretty lavish production, but it should be better than it is. Hackman is always good, of course.
I’m so glad films like this are making their way to Blu-Ray. I’m looking forward to seeing Escape To Athena again.
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