VICTORY (1981)

MORGAN'S RATING

In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propiganda event in which an all-star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied Prisoners of War in a Soccer (Football) game. The Prisoners agree, planning on using the game as a means of escape from the camp.

Michael Caine (Capt. John Colby), Sylvester Stallone (Robert Hatch), Max von Sydow (Major Karl von Steiner), Daniel Massey (Col. Waldron), Tim Pigott-Smith (Rose), Julian Curry (Shurlock), Clive Merrison (The Forger), Maurice Roeves (Pyrie), Pele (Luis Fernandez), Bobby Moore (Terry Brady), John Wark (Arthur), Co Prins (Pieter Van Beck), Mike Summer-bee (Sid Harmor), Laurie Sivell (Dieter), Robin Turner (Schmidt), Osvaldo Ardiles (Carlos Rey), Kazimierz Deyna (Paul Wolchek), Paul Van Himst (Michel Fileu), Soren Lindsted (Erik).

NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEROES.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: Summer 1981 (USA)

DIRECTOR: John Huston.

- Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine would reteam almost twenty years later on the action film Get Carter.

WRITERS: Evan Jones and Yabo Yablonsky.

PRODUCER: Freddie Fields.

ORIGINAL MUSIC: Bill Conti.

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

CRITICAL COMMENT

"Only Pele's celebrated kicks save this silly bore from a BOMB rating." -- Leonard Maltin