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19Jul2017

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The Final Option | 1982 | US One Sheet

The Final Option (known as Who Dares Wins in the UK) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched som...

9Jan2017

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The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | UK Lobby Card

The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich, released by MGM, and starring Lee Marvin. The picture was filmed in the United Kingdom and features an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber, and Donald Sutherland. The film is based on E. M. Nathanson's novel of the same name that was inspired by a real-life group called the "Filthy Thirteen". In 2001, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list. The storyline is based in London around March 1944, and follows US Army Major John Reisman, who is assigned, or as his superiors put it volunteers for a near suicide mission. Prior to the Allied forces invading continental Europe, he and his team, ...

8Jan2017

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Who Dares Wins | 1982 | UK Lobby Card

Who Dares Wins (known as The Final Option in the USA) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched so...