Rogue Male (1976 TV film)

Rogue Male
Directed by	Clive Donner
Written by	Frederic Raphael Geoffrey Household (novel)
Starring	Peter O'Toole John Standing Alastair Sim Harold Pinter
Distributed by	BBC
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Rogue Male is a 1976 British television film starring Peter O'Toole, based on Geoffrey Household's 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 on 22 September 1976. Originally, this film had been destined for theatrical release rather than premiering as a television movie.

The story had been previously filmed in 1941 by Fritz Lang as Man Hunt, with Walter Pidgeon in the lead role.

In a BBC Radio 4 interview on 26 January 2007, Peter O'Toole named this film as his favourite from his long career.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

In early 1939, before the start of World War II, Sir Robert Hunter (O'Toole) takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high-powered 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.

Cast

• Peter O'Toole - Sir Robert Hunter
• John Standing - Major Quive-Smith
• Alastair Sim - The Earl
• Harold Pinter - Saul Abrahams
• Michael Byrne - Interrogator
• Mark McManus - Vane
• Ray Smith - Fisherman
• Hugh Manning - Peale
• Robert Lang - Jessel
• Cyd Hayman - Rebecca
• Ian East - Muller
• Philip Jackson - British sailor
• Michael Sheard - Hitler

Locations

Some of the filming took place around King's Stag in Dorset and, notably, around the "Green Man" pub.

External links

• Rogue Male at the Internet Movie Database