The Passage (1979 film)

The Passage is a 1979 British actionwar film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell and Patricia Neal. The film is based upon the 1976 novel, Perilous Passage by Bruce Nicolaysen, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.

As he made this movie in Europe and England, James Mason predicted to costar Kay Lenz that people do not like movies in snow and this film would bomb miserably after they were finished making it. He was right the film opened to bad box office worldwide and, in critics eyes, was a disaster in contrast to J. Lee Thompsons 1961 masterpiece The Guns of Navarone.Trashy WW2 story of Basque guide Quinn helping chemist Mason and his family escape over the Pyrenees with Nazi fanatic McDowell in hot pursuit. McDowells campy performance must be seen to be disbelieved. ........

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