North Sea Hijack (Original title)Esther, Ruth & Jennifer (Working title)Ffolkes (Alternative title)
Dates: 1979 (Copyright), 30 March 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: A gang hijacks a North Sea oil rig and threatens to blow it up unless a ransom of £25 million is paid.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: North Sea oil, Oil rigs, Hijacking
Releases
Date: March 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 8977 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Cinema International Corporation
Dates: 1979 (Copyright), 30 March 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Andrew V. McLaglen
Synopsis: A gang hijacks a North Sea oil rig and threatens to blow it up unless a ransom of £25 million is paid.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: North Sea oil, Oil rigs, Hijacking
Releases
Date: March 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 8977 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Cinema International Corporation
Credits
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©: Cinema Seven Productions Ltd., Filmed by: Cinema Seven Productions Ltd., Presents: Elliott Kastner, Executive Producer: Moses Rothman, Produced by: Elliott Kastner, Associate Producer: Denis Holt, Production Supervisor: Ted Lloyd, Location Manager: John Downes, Assistant to Denis Holt: Sylvia Privett, Personal Assistant to Elliott Kastner: Sara Romilly, Production Assistant: Barbara Allen, Production Personnel: Mary McLaglen, Production Personnel: Marina Spinola, Sydney Bernard, [1st] Assistant Director: Michael Stevenson, 2nd Assistant Director: Brian Cook, 2nd Assistant Director: Terry Needham, Continuity: Angela Allen, Casting Director: Allan Foenander, Written by: Jack Davies, From his own novel 'Esther Ruth & Jennifer': Jack Davies, Director of Photography: Tony Imi, Additional Photography: Peter Povey, Underwater Photography: Egil S. Woxholt, 1st Unit Camera Operator: Tony White, 1st Unit Focus Puller: Chris Howard, Stills: David Appleby, Supervisor of Special Effects and Special Sequences: John Richardson, Special Effects: John Morris, Film Editor: Alan Strachan, Assistant Editor: Michael Bateman, Assistant Editor: Clive Barrett, Assistant Editor: Derek Trigg, Production Designer: Maurice Carter, Art Director: Bert Davey, Set Decorator: Simon Wakefield, Construction Manager: Ken Softley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Chief Make-up: Paul Engelen, Hairdresser: Mike Jones, Processed by: Technicolor Ltd., Music Composed and Conducted by: Michael J. Lewis, Sound Mixer: David Hildyard, Sound Boom Operator: Tommy Staples, Dubbing Mixer: Ken Barker, Sound Editor: Allan Sones, Stunt supervisor: Eddie Stacey, Publicity: Jenny Craven, Lenses & Panaflex Camera by: Panavision, Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Roger Moore (Rufus Excalibur ffolkes), James Mason (Admiral Sir Francis Brinsden), Anthony Perkins (Lou Kramer), Michael Parks (Shulman), David Hedison (King), Jack Watson (Olafsen), George Baker (Fletcher), Jeremy Clyde (Tipping), David Wood (Herring), Faith Brook (Prime Minister), Lea Brodie (Sanna), Anthony Pullen Shaw (Ackerman), Philip O'Brien (Webb), John Westbrook (Dawnay), Jennifer Hilary (Sarah), John Lee (Phillips), Brook Williams (Helicopter Pilot), Timothy Bentinck (Harris), Saburo Kimura (Saburo), Eiji Kusuhara (Eiji), David Landbury (Eriksen), Alastair Llewellyn (Haakon), Sean Arnold (Schmidt), Eric Mason (Stallemo), Thane Bettany (Heyerdal), George Leach (Magnussen), Richard Graydon (Rasmussen), Mathias Kilroy (Olsen), Angela Thorne (Woman on Train), Martin Matthews (Man on Train), Lindsay Campbell (Shaw), Jonathan Nuth (Kirk), Robert Swan (Miller), William Abney (Gail)