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The Fourth War finds director John Frankenheimer delving into the same Cold-war territory he'd previously cultivated in films like The Manchurian Candidate. Col. Jack Knowles (Roy Scheider), serving at a faraway post on the German-Czech border, carries on a personal war with his Soviet counterpart, Colonel Valachev (Jurgen Prochnow). Both have been hardened by past combat experiences, and both have been embittered by the exigencies of red tape, bureaucracy, and diplomatic deal-making. Their
R, 1 hr. 49 min.
Jun 1, 1990 Wide
Oct 24, 1990
HBO Video
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)
Scheider is much better then the material.
Underrated war flick with a great lead performance by Roy Scheider.
Watched once is enough
November 30, 2011
Confrontation. Thats what the film is all about. But this Cold War offering is quite stale by now. Most young people don't know anything about this Cold, or phoney, war. Roy Scheider does his best to make it entertaining. Director Wolfgang Schmidt was also behind Slasher. I will add to this preposterous, rather far
November 7, 2010
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