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5.9/10
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When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
Zouzou
- Female terrorist
- (as Zou Zou)
Antonis Antypas
- Dimitri
- (as Anthony Antypas)
Ernie F. Orsatti
- Joe
- (as Ernie Orsatti)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe monastery location seen in the film is located at Meteora, Greece. Its the same famed region that featured in the later James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only (1981). The monastery was also used in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), memorable for the scene in which the art dealer played by Clifton Webb uses the old hand-cranked elevator to get to the top, assisted by the establishment's monks.
- GoofsDuring the supposed night-time rescue operation when the rescuers hang-glided in for the rescue, you can clearly see the shadows of the hang gliders on the rocks below them. So, clearly these scenes were shot in the daytime with a dark filter used to make it look like nighttime.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 6 (1999)
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Pros and Cons of "Sky Riders"
Pros:
Music 9/10 (Lalo Schifrin's music gives more tense especially at the action scenes)
Scenery 10/10 (Meteora are really breathtaking... we should see more often this place in movies)
James Coburn 8/10 (Cool as always... Classic Coburn)
Cons:
Scenario: 4/10 (Plain scenario, no surprises... ok it's a 70's scenario but still they could have work it more... I mean James Coburn fighting Leftist terrorists on Meteora?..)
Direction 5/10 (Hickox isn't Hitchcock, that's for sure... aerial shootings though where actually good)
Conclusion: It's a classic 70's action movie. If you decide to spend your time to watch it you won't regret it. But the next morning you'll not remember a lot. Maybe only the stunning scenery of Meteora. It's 7/10 by me.
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- Vlasios_Tzomos
- Jul 30, 2018
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- Also known as
- Assault on the Forbidden Fortress
- Filming locations
- Pallini, Attica, Greece(villa [Levidis])
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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