The Ambassador 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Rock Hudson, Donald Pleasence, Ellen Burstyn, Fabio Testi, Michal Bat-Adam, Chelli Goldenberg, Ori Levy, Joseph Shiloach, Zachi Noy
This entertaining story involves an American ambassador (Robert Mitchum) who deals with an Israeli/Palestinian crisis while also confronting a crisis in his marriage. Made two years earlier under the title "52 Pick-Up," the title of the novel from which the story was taken.
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Before Winter Comes 1969  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt, Anthony Quayle, Ori Levy, John Collin, Karel Stepanek, Guy Deghy, George Innes
During 1945, in an Austrian camp for displaced persons, British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is given the job of dispatching civilians to either the Russian or the American zones. Burnside is aided by a multilingual refugee, Janovic (Topol), who, it turns out, is not the person he pretends to be.
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The Chairman 1969   N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Burt Kwouk, Zienia Merton, Ori Levy, Eric Young
Nobel Prize-winning teacher John Hathaway (Gregory Peck) is coerced into performing espionage service for the United States when the Chairman (Conrad Yama) of the Chinese Communist Party asks him for help with a scientific problem. 1 User Review
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The Sell Out 1976  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Vladek Sheybal, Ori Levy, Assi Dayan, Shmuel Rodensky, Peter Frye
Retired CIA Agent Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) lives the quiet life in Israel until a former protege, Gabriel (Oliver Reed), asks for help: he had defected to the Soviets but now wants out. The chase is on when both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. order the capture of Gabriel.
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| 1. The Ambassador (1984)
2. Before Winter Comes (1969)
3. The Chairman (1969)
aka: The Most Dangerous Man in the World
4. Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
5. The Sell Out (1976)
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