Rogue Male (TV Movie 1976)

Rogue Male: Directed by Clive Donner. With Peter O’Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter. In 1939 when an English hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a rifle, he is captured, tortured and left for dead. He escapes but his captors pursue him to England.

“I wasnu0026#39;t expecting much, and the horrendous VHS-to-DVD transfer didnu0026#39;t help matters, but the close following of screenplay to novel, and the perfect casting of Ou0026#39;Toole as the vulnerable English aristocrat, makes this TV?!? adaptation a must see.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMuch of the quality and suspense of the novel comes through, and the wordiness if you will of the script gave Ou0026#39;Toole the freedom to express his character and the political-vs-personal tensions Household filled _Rogue Male_ with.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis must have been an English production, I canu0026#39;t imagine an American one including the racial characterizations, 30u0026#39;s political details, or the quick repartee.”