Guns in the Heather (1969)
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.'
What is Guns in the Heather about?
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.' Guns in the Heather is a Action, Adventure, Family, TV Movie movie, released on 1969-07-23, runtime 144 minutes.
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Directed by
Robert Butler
Cast
- Glenn Corbett as Tom Evans
- Alfred Burke as Kersner
- Kurt Russell as Rich Evans
- Patrick Dawson as Sean O'Connor
- Patrick Barr as Lord Boyne
- Hugh McDermott as Carleton
- Patrick Westwood as Levick
- Eddie Byrne as Bailey
- Godfrey Quigley as Meister
- Kevin Stoney as Ernhardt
- Shay Gorman as Headmaster
- Niall Tóibín as Kettering
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