Rogue Male (1976 film)

Rogue Male is a 1976 British television film starring Peter OToole, based on Geoffrey Households novel Rogue Male. Made by the BBC, it was adapted by Frederic Raphael and directed by Clive Donner, and also stars Alastair Sim, John Standing and Harold Pinter. It was first transmitted onSeptember 1976. Originally, this film had been destined for theatrical release rather than premiering as a television movie.

In early 1939, before the start of World War II, Sir Robert Hunter OToole takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a highpowered rifle, but misses when he is spotted and tackled by an SS guard. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, he is then left for dead, but manages to make his way back to England where, to his shock, he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Believing that the government would, in all likelihood, turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground literally to escape his pursuers.

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