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The Formula (1980)
Directed by John G. Avildsen
“Big Oil. Big Money. Big Mystery. Everyone’s out to make a killing.”
Thriller, Mystery, Crime · 1h 57m
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.
Cast
George C. Scott
Barney Caine
Marlon Brando
Adam Steiffel
Marthe Keller
Lisa
John Gielgud
Dr. Abraham Esau
G.D. Spradlin
Arthur Clements
Beatrice Straight
Kay Neeley
Richard Lynch
General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
John van Dreelen
Hans Lehman
Robin Clarke
Major Tom Neeley
Ike Eisenmann
Tony
Marshall Thompson
Geologist #1
Dieter Schidor
Assassin
Crew
- Director
- John G. Avildsen
- Screenplay
- Steve Shagan
- Novel
- Steve Shagan
- Director of Photography
- James Crabe
- Original Music Composer
- Bill Conti
- Editor
- John Carter
- Producer
- Steve Shagan
Details
- Release date
- 1980-12-19
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English, Portuguese, Spanish
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Production
- CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget
- $13,200,000
- Box office
- $8,894,289