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Guns in the Heather (1969)

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.'

Release: 1969-07-23
Runtime: 144 min
Rating: 4.5 / 10
Cast
Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett
Tom Evans
Alfred Burke
Alfred Burke
Kersner
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Rich Evans
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Patrick Dawson
Sean O'Connor
Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Lord Boyne
Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott
Carleton
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Patrick Westwood
Levick
Eddie Byrne
Eddie Byrne
Bailey
Godfrey Quigley
Godfrey Quigley
Meister
Kevin Stoney
Kevin Stoney
Ernhardt
Shay Gorman
Shay Gorman
Headmaster
Niall Tóibín
Niall Tóibín
Kettering
Ernst Walder
Ernst Walder
Vollos
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Robert Bernal
Sgt. Clune
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Vincent Dowling
Maston
John Horton
John Horton
Stafford
J.G. Devlin
J.G. Devlin
Muldoon
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Nicola Davies
Kathleen