Overview
Michael Cardiff is a professional revolutionary highly trained in a variety of techniques of assassination, infiltration and evading law enforcement. After escaping from prison he places identification items on a decomposed body to make him appear dead as he plans his revenge against the government. Cardiff uses his skills to murder a prominent judge making his death look like an accident in order to plant an improvised explosive device at his funeral attended by the movers and shakers of the regime. Only one non conformist police captain is on to his plans.
Director and cast
- Ivan Hall Director
- Vic Morrow as Michael Cardiff
- Peter van Dissel as Capt. Evered Roos
- Gaby Getz as Julia Ivens
- Sam Williams as Umzinga
- Stuart Parker as Commander Overbeek
- Gillian Garlick as Nurse Susan Schoenfeld
- Siegfried Mynhardt as Judge William Whitfield
- Norman Coombes as Fourie
- Chris Bezuidenhout as Karl Yates
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