Adventure

Comedy

Escape to Athena

ITC Entertainment

United Kingdom

English

Roger Moore

Telly Savalas

David Niven

Stefanie Powers

Claudia Cardinale

Richard Roundtree

Sonny Bono

Elliott Gould

Anthony Valentine

Siegfried Rauch

Michael Sheard

Richard Wren

Philip Locke

Steve Ubels

Paul Picerni

Paul Stassino

Manolis Peletis

Stassia Stakis

Lykourgos Kallergis

Lambros Tsangas

Mimi Denissi

Anne Marie Sten

Mary Dracopoulou

Elena Secota

Vanna Reville

William Holden

Richard S. Lochte

George P. Cosmatos

Edward Anhalt

Michael Stringer

John Graysmark

Derek Cracknell

Derek V. Browne

Lalo Schifrin

Arlene Phillips

Irene Lamb

John Richardson

Paul Engelen

Richard Green

David Niven Jr.

Ralph Kemplen

Yvonne Blake

Ken Nightingall

Nicholas Stevenson

Hunt Downs

Gilbert Taylor

Vic Armstrong

Ray Andrew

Bob Penn

Colin M. Brewer

Jack Wiener

Eric Allwright

Tracey Eddon

Derek Ball

Mike Jones

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I can just imagine Telly Savalas getting a few of his pals around a table for some ouzo on the rocks and suggesting they set a comedy-adventure film on a Greek island so they can all get a tan whilst he exudes his obvious pride in his homeland. Luckily, David Niven's experiences at cirrhosis-by-the-sea made him ideally qualified to take part and Roger Moore was also up for something shaken not stirred, so off to Rhodes they all went, bringing along Stefanie Powers and Elliott Gould for some extra international box office. Niven is an archeology professor; Moore the commandant of an open-air excavation/prison and their host is a local freedom fighter determined not just to get shot of the Nazis, but to prevent the looting of some ancient Byzantine treasures reputedly being hidden by the monks in a mountaintop monastery. "Dane" (Gould) and the temptress "Dottie Del Mar" (Powers) are on an USO tour when their plane is shot down and so she takes to doing the troop-entertaining while her more "greedy than suspicious" pal sets about helping stoke the fires of a coup! This is all light-hearted and engaging stuff with everyone looking like they are enjoying themselves, some stunning photography of the island - how did they ever manage to build a monetary like that? There's loads of over-acting, thick accents and Michael Sheard (after he'd been strangled by "Darth Vader") seems to have found his feet as a scene-stealing sergeant. Lalo Schifrin's score tries it's best to emulate the "Zorba" style theme of Mikis Theodorakis and on the whole I did quite enjoy their daft seaside escapades.

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Roger Moore

Telly Savalas

David Niven

Stefanie Powers

Claudia Cardinale

Richard Roundtree

Sonny Bono

Elliott Gould

Anthony Valentine

Siegfried Rauch

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