Rosebud_(1975_film)

<i>Rosebud</i> (1975 film)

Rosebud (1975 film)

1975 American film


Rosebud is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrère [fr]. Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger.[1] Kim Cattrall made her film debut as a teenager.

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Plot

Larry Martin (O'Toole) is a Newsweek reporter, secretly working for the CIA as he travels around the globe tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the anti-Israel terrorist Palestinian Liberation Army from the yacht Rosebud. Martin must contend with the girls' fathers, all of whom are wealthy, connected and concerned. Sloat (Attenborough), the extremist head of Black September, is connected with the kidnappings, and is subsequently hunted down after his plans for a centralized global terrorist network are uncovered.

Cast

Actress Barbara Emerson, who had been cast as one of the girls,[2] was replaced during production.[3]

See also


References

  1. Canby, Vincent (2007). "NY Times: Rosebud". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  2. "Suspense drama introduces five actresses". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. September 11, 1974. p. P4 via Newspapers.com.

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