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Gulag

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Gulag
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2hrs 10min
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1985
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Synopsis: In this made-for-TV thriller, a sportscaster engineers a daring escape from a Soviet prison camp after being snared by a KGB scheme. Mickey Almon (David Keith), a sports star-turned-journalist, arrives in Moscow to cover an international tournament. Soon, though, he's tempted to play the hero once again, this time not as an athlete, but as a smuggler of repressed scientific research. Against the advice of his wife (Nancy Paul), Mickey agrees to help the Russians who've approached him, but the entire ... Full Synopsis
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A lightweight but well-produced entry in the venerable foreign-prisons-are-hell genre, this TV movie boasts a strong supporting performance from Malcolm McDowell, but suffers from a queasily patriotic streak. Handsome, boy-scoutish David Keith is perfectly cast as Mickey Almon, a golden boy athlete whose need to play the big shot ends him up in a Soviet prison camp. Although Dan Gordon's script has ... Full Review
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Mickey Almon
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