The Secret Ways
On-the-spot realism!
1961 · 1h 52m · N/A
Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Overview
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
Director and cast
- Phil Karlson Director
- Richard Widmark as Michael Reynolds
- Sonja Ziemann as Julia
- Charles Regnier as The Count
- Walter Rilla as Jancsi
- Senta Berger as Elsa
- Howard Vernon as Colonel Hidas
- Heinz Moog as Minister Ferenc Sakenov
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Hermann Sheffler
- Oskar Wegrostek Cast
- Jochen Brockmann Cast
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