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Marc Norman (writer)
Release Date:
10 February 1970 (USA) more
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All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle... more | add synopsis
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Great little movie more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Darren McGavin | ... | Jacob Gallery |
 | Broderick Crawford | ... | Gen. Lewis Meyers |
 | Mako | ... | Yuro |
 | James Whitmore | ... | Overman |
| Skip Homeier | ... | Lyman George |
| Paul Lukas | ... | Dr. Nagy |
 | Sam Elliott | ... | Bryant |
| Adolph Caesar | ... | Clarence Opano |
| Andre Philippe | ... | Swiss official |
| Arianne Ulmer | ... | Sarah (as Arianhe Ulmer) |
| Davis Roberts | ... | Scientist |
| Byron Morrow | ... | Defense Secretary |
| Bill Zuckert | ... | Army colonel |
| Gene LeBell | ... | Karate instructor |
| Lew Brown | ... | Sergeant |
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74 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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"The Challenge" is a great little movie, if you can find it. I haven't seen it in quite a few years, and then it was only on television.
The premise of the movie is nothing new. The USA and a smaller asian country are both vying for something that landed in the ocean (I can't remember if it was a missile, or space capsule, or satellite, or what), and rather than wage war over the object, they decide to let two men, one from each nation, fight a 2-man war (a surrogate war) on a deserted island to determine who has the right to it.
If the premise seems silly, don't worry, the movie is thoroughly enjoyable and the premise soons fades into the background as the two combatants begin their cat and mouse game of survival. Both lead actors, Darren McGavin and Mako, are terrific. As Gallery, an ex US soldier/special operations spook, McGavin is a "screw the rules" mercenary type who the government needs for this mission, but doesn't really trust. Mako is every bit his equal though as the communist (at least, I think that he was a communist) soldier with a whole bag of tricks for his US counterpart.
I suppose someone might draw some sort of political conclusions from this movie, but if you are watching it for anything more than the great duel between the main characters, you are missing the point. As made-for-TV movies go, this is a gem.