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Gulag

A cornered man is capable of anything

5.4

2h 10m

1985

“A cornered man is capable of anything”

Synopsis

Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America, he is sentenced to detention in a Gulag, a barbaric prison camp in the wilds of Siberia. Unable to prove his innocence, Mickey must either put up with the inhuman conditions or engineer an escape.

Director

Roger Young

Trailer

DramaTV Movie

Cast & Crew

David Keith

David Keith

as Mickey Almon

Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

as The Englishman

Warren Clarke

Warren Clarke

as Hooker

John McEnery

John McEnery

as Diczek

Nancy Paul

Nancy Paul

as Susan Almon

Brian Pettifer

Brian Pettifer

as Vlasov

George Pravda

George Pravda

as Bukovsky

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

as Jay

Bruce Boa

Bruce Boa

as McHenry

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