Movie
Who Dares Wins
Overview
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Details
- Release date
- 1982-08-26
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Varius Entertainment Trading A.G., Richmond Light Horse Productions
- Country
- Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lewis Collins as Capt. Peter Skellen
- Judy Davis as Frankie Leith
- Richard Widmark as Secretary of State Arthur Currie
- Edward Woodward as Commander Powell
- Robert Webber as General Ira Potter
- Kenneth Griffith as Bishop Crick
- Maurice Roëves as Major Steele
- Ingrid Pitt as Helga
- Patrick Allen as Police Commissioner
- Tony Doyle as Col. Hadley
- Jonathan Duttine as Rod Walker
- Rosalind Lloyd as Jenny Skellen
Crew
- Ian Sharp - Director
- Reginald Rose - Screenplay
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