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MISSION + ASSASSINATE SS LEADER HEYDRICH... (AT WHATEVER COSTS)
"Grips from beginning to end." The Sun. Director Lewis Gilbert (who made such classic action thrillers as You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Love Me and Moonraker) brings, said the Sunday Express, "Agonizing tension" to this gripping true-life World War Two adventure movie. In 1941 Czechoslovakia is occupied by the Germans and ruled by the ruthless, tyrannical Nazi 'protector' Reinhard Heydrich. The Czech Liberation Front, operating out of London, send three young Free Czechs - played by Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw and Anthony Andrews - back to their native country on a dangerous mission to assassinate Heydrich. Even with the help of the Resistance, their first attempt fails. And, when they finally achieve their objective, the tension mounts inexorably to the exciting and tragic climax.... Bottoms, Shaw and Andrews give fine and sensitive performance, very well supported by Anton Diffring (who makes a chilling Heydrich), Joss Ackland and Nicola Pagett.