The Osterman Weekend


The Osterman Weekend - Definition

Missing image
The_Osterman_Weekend_movie.jpg

Movie poster for The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 film directed by Sam Peckinpah. It is based on the novel written by Robert Ludlum.

Tagline: What would you do if a total stranger proved to you that your three closest friends were Soviet Agents?

Main cast

Rutger Hauer - John Tanner
John Hurt - Lawrence Fassett
Dennis Hopper - Richard Tremayne
Burt Lancaster - Maxwell Danforth

Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

John Tanner (Hauer), the host of an investigative news show, is convinced by Lawrence Fassett (Hurt), a CIA agent, that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security. Lawrence believes that those guys are KGB agents.

External links

The Osterman Weekend (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086058/) at the Internet Movie Database

Missing image
Film.PNG

This film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/The_Osterman_Weekend).

Copyright 2008 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy :: Terms of Use :: Contact Us :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Osterman Weekend".