Figures in a Landscape
The Bird Has Come For Its Prey.
R 1970 · 110 min · ★ 6.0 · Thriller, Action
Two escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black helicopter.
Directed by Joseph Losey · Written by Robert Shaw
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Malcolm McDowell Ansell -
Henry Woolf Helicopter Pilot -
Christopher Malcolm Helicopter observer -
Andy Bradford Soldier -
Warwick Sims Soldier -
Roger Lloyd Pack Soldier -
Robert East Soldier -
Tariq Yunus Soldier -
Pamela Brown Widow
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