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UNITED STATES · 1961

The Secret Ways

Phil Karlson
Cold War espionage Hungarian Revolution political escape soldier of fortune Soviet occupation
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Synopsis

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.

Year1961
CountryUnited States
DirectorPhil Karlson
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