The Man Who Captured Eichmann

TV Movie, 90 min, USA  1996
Sunday, June 8th, 21:00 hrs, 

Director: William A. Graham
Script:
Lionel Chetwynd
Based upon the book
"Eichmann in my Hands" by Peter Z. Malkin and Harry Stein
Photography:
Robert Steadman, A.S.C.
Editor:
Drake Silliman, A.C.E.
Music:
Lawrence Rosenthal
Principal Cast:
Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jack Laufer, Nicolas Surovy, Joel Brooks, Sam Robards, Michael Tucci

Producer: Raul Outeda
Executive Producers:
Robert Duvall, Stan Margulies
Production:
Butchers Run Films/Stand Margulies Company for Turner Network Television

Distribution: Warner Bros. International TV

First Broadcast: 10.11.1996, TNT

Selected Filmography William A. Graham: The Intruders, 1970; Thief, 1971; Cry for Me, Billy, 1972; Where the Lilies Bloom, 1974; Larry, 1974; 21 Hours at Munich, 1976; Transplant, 1979; Rage, 1980; The Last Ninja, 1983; Calendar Girl Murders, 1984; George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation, 1986; Street of Dreams, 1988; Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid, 1989; Return to the Blue Lagoon, 1991; Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story, 1993; Beyond Suspicion, 1993; The X-Files, 1993; A friend to Die For, 1994; A Terror in the Shadows, 1995; Betrayed: A Story of Three Women, 1995; Beauty's Revenge, 1995. 

1960, in a Buenos Aires suburb: Adolf Eichmann, the notorious Nazi architect of the "final solution", is recognized by a Holocaust survivor. DEtermined to return Eichmann to Israel to stand trial for his crimes, the Mossad devises and carries out a breathtaking plan: the agents kidnap Eichmann and smuggle him out of the country. A true-life thriller, focussing on the preparations and the execution of the kidnapping as well as the subsequent interrogations. A riveting study of the banality of evil and dogged pursuit of justice. Writer Chetwynd "doesn't go in for big scenes or outpourings; small talk is illuminating" (Variety). Starring Oscar-winner Robert Duvall ("The Godfather", "Apocalyse Now") as Eichmann and Arliss Howard ("Full Metal Jacket") as Mossad agent Peter Malkin, upon whose memoirs the film is bases.