Hidden goal

Movie
German title	Hidden goal
Original title	Brass target
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1978
length	111 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	John Hough
script	Alvin Boretz
production	Betty Adams , ; Arthur Lewis
music	Laurence Rosenthal
camera	Tony Imi
cut	David Lane
occupation
	Sophia Loren : Mara; John Cassavetes : Major Joe DeLucca; George Kennedy : General George S. Patton; Robert Vaughn : Colonel Donald Rogers; Patrick McGoohan : Col. Mike McCauley; Bruce Davison : Col. Robert Dawson; Edward Herrmann : Col. Walter Gilchrist; Max von Sydow : Shelley / Webber; Ed Bishop : Col. Stewart; Lee Montague : Lucky Luciano; Alan Tilvern : Frank Ferraro; Hal Galili : Capt. Levy; Bernard Horsfall : Shelley; John Junkin : Carberry; Sigfrit Steiner : Mr. Schroeder; Heinz Bennent : Box;

Hidden Target (Original Title: Brass Target ) is an American war film directed by John Hough from 1978. It is based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan . The plot revolves around General George S. Patton's fatal car accident and suggests that it was fabricated and that Patton was killed by a hit man from a group of conspirators .

action

The story begins just a few days after VE Day . General Patton orders that gold reserves of the former Reichsbank should be transported to Frankfurt. Before the cargo arrives in the city, however, the transport train is robbed and the guards of the US Army Military Police Corps are killed.

It turns out that a group of corrupt American officers led by Colonel Donald Rogers were behind the crime. The investigation initiated by Patton leads first to the OSS - Major Joe DeLucca. The thieves appear to have used a plan from one of his wartime operations to steal the gold. In order to avert an investigation forced by General Patton, the officers hire the professional killer Shelley / Webber to have Patton out of the way.

DeLucca then begins to investigate the matter himself and can finally find the killer after the assassination attempt on Patton and kill Shelley / Webber with the identical weapon that Patton fell victim to.

background

The shooting locations were Bavaria Film in Munich , as well as locations in Germany and Switzerland (Solothurn). The attack on the train was filmed on the Wutach Valley Railway .

The film premiered on December 22, 1978 in New York City and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .

criticism

“Not an authentic picture of the time, but a novel-like, exciting thriller that arranges the story in the way it needs it for its own logic. Carefully crafted and theatrical. "

- Lexicon of international film

literature

Richard T. Jameson: Brass Target . In: Richard T. Jameson (Ed.): Movietone News . No. 60-61 . The Seattle Film Society, Seattle February 5, 1979, Quickies , p. 49 , col. 1–3 (English, full text of the review [accessed on July 18, 2011]).

Web links

Hidden agenda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Hidden aim at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Hidden agenda in the All Movie Guide (English)
Movie poster
Hidden target in the German dubbing files

Individual evidence

↑ Manuel Gurtner, Walter Schepperle, Joachim Biemann: Brass Target. In: Railroad in Film - Rail Movies. Joachim Biemann, August 24, 2004, accessed on February 22, 2012 : "The shooting of the intro took place on the Wutachtalbahn ('Sauschwänzlebahn')."
^ Hidden target in the dictionary of international films

[1] Manuel Gurtner, Walter Schepperle, Joachim Biemann: Brass Target. In: Railroad in Film - Rail Movies. Joachim Biemann, August 24, 2004, accessed on February 22, 2012 : "The shooting of the intro took place on the Wutachtalbahn ('Sauschwänzlebahn')."

[2] Hidden target in the dictionary of international films