Guns in the Heather (1969)
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Director: Robert Butler
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Glenn Corbett as Tom Evans |
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Alfred Burke as Kersner |
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Kurt Russell as Rich Evans |
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Patrick Dawson as Sean O'Connor |
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Patrick Barr as Lord Boyne |
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Hugh McDermott as Carleton |
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Patrick Westwood as Levick |
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Eddie Byrne as Bailey |
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Godfrey Quigley as Meister |
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Kevin Stoney as Ernhardt |
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Shay Gorman as Headmaster |
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Niall Tóibín as Kettering |
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Ernst Walder as Vollos |
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Robert Bernal as Sgt. Clune |
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Vincent Dowling as Maston |
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John Horton as Stafford |
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J.G. Devlin as Muldoon |
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Nicola Davies as Kathleen |
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Gerry Alexander as Paddy |
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Eamon Morrissey as Hennessey |
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Declan Mulholland as Retchick |
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Mary Larkin as Mary |
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Paul Farrell as Groundskeeper |
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Patrick Dawson as |
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Pippa Steel as Air Stewardess (uncredited) |
| Camera | Ray Sturgess | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Keith Batten | Boom Operator |
| Production | Peter Crowhurst | Production Manager |
| Editing | Peter Boita | Editor |
| Directing | Barrie Melrose | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Nobby Cross | Gaffer |
| Art | Terry Wells Sr. | Property Master |
| Sound | David Price | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Robin Douet | Location Manager |
| Directing | Tilly Day | Continuity |
| Directing | Dickie Bamber | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Franklyn Marks | Orchestrator |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Camera | Alec Mills | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Bob Bremner | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Hugh Attwooll | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Christopher Lancaster | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Eric Rogers | Conductor |
| Sound | Ken Barker | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Albert Witherick | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Writing | Lockhart Amerman | Novel |
| Sound | Buddy Baker | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michael Reed | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eileen Warwick | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Bill Westley | Third Assistant Director |
| Writing | Herman Groves | Writer |
| Production | Ron Miller | Producer |
| Directing | Robert Butler | Director |