Release Date: Dec 22, 1978 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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What if General George S. Patton didn't die in a car accident, as history tells us, but at the hands of a paid assassin? That's the premise of Brass Target, another in a series of espionage thrillers, like The Eagle Has Landed, that speculates on the fates of real-life figures from World War II. Robert Vaughn, Ed Bishop, and Edward Herrmann are three Allied officers in occupied Germany who steal Nazi gold with the help of OSS officer Patrick McGoohan. Patton (George Kennedy) personally
Dec 22, 1978 Wide
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In a year of generally insipid commercial cinema, Brass Target manages to be actively disgusting, and just possibly degrading.
It wants us to believe that General George S. Patton didn't die in a car accident, as history says, but at the hands of a paid assassin.
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