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Actor. Skilled at playing a wide range of roles, he became the first person to refuse an Oscar when he won for convincingly portraying United States Army General George Smith Patton Jr. in the motion picture Patton (1970). Born in Wise, Virginia, his mother died when he was eight years old, leaving him to be raised by...
Dec 19, 1980 · With George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud. The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.
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- Crime, Thriller
- John G. Avildsen
- 1980-12-19
It stars Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, G. D. Spradlin, and Beatrice Straight. The film follows the attempts by different groups who wish to either secure or destroy a synthetic fuel formula invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II which would end reliance on the supply of oil.
The good guys are boiled down into the person of George C. Scott, as a Los Angeles detective who starts out investigating the murder of a friend and stumbles onto a trail that leads him to Europe and the possessors of the secret formula.
Jun 4, 2008 · After a prologue in WWII Germany, when one Tom Neely gets near some Nazi secrets, in contemporary LA we meet George C. Scott as cop Caine, Ike Eisenmann his son, Calvin Jung intercepting them, then Francisco Prado the pathologist, in , 1980, from producer Steve Shagan s novel and screenplay.
- John G. Avildsen
- George C Scott
Released in 1980, "The Formula" is a star-studded crime/thriller about a Los Angeles detective (George C. Scott) who investigates the murder of his friend, a retired cop, which leads to Germany and a Nazi formula for synthetic fuel that big oil naturally wants to suppress at all costs.
Watchlist. Seen. 5.6 (2k) Mystery & Thriller, Crime. 1h 57min. R. Germany, United States. Where is The Formula streaming? Find out where to watch online amongst 200+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video.
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