During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
Anthony Quinn
as The Basque
James Mason
as Professor Bergson
Malcolm McDowell
as Capt. Von Berkow
Patricia Neal
as Mrs. Bergson
Kay Lenz
as Leah Bergson
Paul Clemens
as Paul Bergson
Christopher Lee
as Gypsy
Michael Lonsdale
as Renoudot
Robert Rhys
as Gypsy Son
Marcel Bozzuffi
as Perea
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Malcom McDowall manages to portray the epitome of Nazi SS nastiness in this story with a worryingly natural aplomb! He is leading a party pursuing James Mason ("Prof. Bergson") who, alongside his family, is being smuggled from France into Spain by the wily shepherd Anthony Quinn. Their journey is fr...