The film opens with British aristocrat Peter O'Toole, a purported bird watcher/hunter apparently trying to place Hitler in his gun's cross hairs. Bad luck that a German soldier spots him and he is put through some nailbiting torture, before Gestapo hatches plans to dispose of him as part of a staged accident.
By some miraculous luck the nobleman falls from a considerable height but survives, and by even greater luck a German national (who obviously did not approve of Adolf, which must have been ultra-rare in the late 1930s) he gets on a boat and manages to get back to the UK, but even there he is not out of the woods.
As a 1976 TV flick, one must not expect a high flying cinematic production, and ROGUE MALE's cinematography never amounts to more than standard. Both O'Toole and Sim look well past their prime, and the former clearly shows the effects of excessive alcoholic consumption, which affects both delivery and facial expression.
Worth watching, but I doubt I will rewatch it. 7/10.
By some miraculous luck the nobleman falls from a considerable height but survives, and by even greater luck a German national (who obviously did not approve of Adolf, which must have been ultra-rare in the late 1930s) he gets on a boat and manages to get back to the UK, but even there he is not out of the woods.
As a 1976 TV flick, one must not expect a high flying cinematic production, and ROGUE MALE's cinematography never amounts to more than standard. Both O'Toole and Sim look well past their prime, and the former clearly shows the effects of excessive alcoholic consumption, which affects both delivery and facial expression.
Worth watching, but I doubt I will rewatch it. 7/10.