Rogue Male

Rogue Male

103 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Sept. 22, 1976

Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Rogue Male

103 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Sept. 22, 1976

Rogue Male
Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers BBC
Original title Rogue Male
Directors Clive Donner
Writers Geoffrey Household, Frederic Raphael

Cast

Peter O'Toole

as Sir Robert Thorndyke

John Standing

as Major Quive-Smith

Alastair Sim

as The Earl

Harold Pinter

as Saul Abrahams

Michael Byrne

as Interrogator

Mark McManus

as Vaner

Ray Smith

as Fisherman

Hugh Manning

as Peale

Robert Lang

as Jessel

Cyd Hayman

as Rebecca

Ian East

as Muller

Maureen Lipman

as Freda

Ray Mort

as Gerald

Philip Jackson

as 1st Seaman

Nicholas Ball

as 2nd Seaman

Michael Sheard

as Adolf Hitler

Henry Woolf

as Ticket Office Clerk

Ron Pember

as Ticket Collector

Richardson Morgan

as Ticket Collector

Dennis Chinnery

as Tube Passenger

Pat Gorman

as Gestapo

John Ringham

as German Policeman

Denys Hawthorne

as Assassin

Shirley Dynevor

as Eva Braun

Ivor Roberts

as Mr Drake

Jean Rimmer

as Postmistress

Julia Chambers

as Daughter

George Selway

as Captain

Trevor Ray

as Golf Clubber

David Webb

as Pork Pie