Guns in the Heather (1969)

  • NR
  • 07/23/1969 (US)
  • Action, Adventure, Family, TV Movie
  • 2h 24m

Overview

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'

Lockhart Amerman

Novel

Robert Butler

Director

Herman Groves

Writer

Cast

Glenn Corbett's headshot

Glenn Corbett

Tom Evans
Alfred Burke's headshot

Alfred Burke

Kersner
Kurt Russell's headshot

Kurt Russell

Rich Evans
Patrick Dawson's headshot

Patrick Dawson

Sean O'Connor
Patrick Barr's headshot

Patrick Barr

Lord Boyne
Hugh McDermott's headshot

Hugh McDermott

Carleton
Patrick Westwood's headshot

Patrick Westwood

Levick
Eddie Byrne's headshot

Eddie Byrne

Bailey

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