The Formula

Release date: 12/19/1980

Budget: $13,200,000

Revenue: $8,894,289

Genres:

Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Countries:

Germany
United States of America

Rating:

5.5

Big Oil. Big Money. Big Mystery. Everyone’s out to make a killing.

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.

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George C. Scott

Barney Caine

Marlon Brando

Adam Steiffel

Marthe Keller

Lisa

John Gielgud

Dr. Abraham Esau

G. D. Spradlin

Arthur Clements

Beatrice Straight

Kay Neeley

Richard Lynch

General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco

John van Dreelen

Hans Lehman

Robin Clarke

Major Tom Neeley

Ike Eisenmann

Tony

Marshall Thompson

Geologist #1

Dieter Schidor

Assassin

Werner Kreindl

Schellenberg

Jan Niklas

Gestapo Captain

Wolfgang Preiss

Franz Tauber

Calvin Jung

Sgt. Yosuta

Alan North

Nolan

David Byrd

Obermann

Ferdy Mayne

Siebold

Gerard Murphy

Chauffeur

Weston Gavin

U.S. Army Captain

Craig T. Nelson

Geologist #2

Herb Voland

Geologist #3

The Formula

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