But Zeller's loyalties and feelings about the government are unknown. The most important target for recruitment is a maverick tank commander, Colonel Zeller (Peter O'Toole), who will be able to give the plotters the armoured support they need to take on the rest of the government forces. Jean Rousseau (Barry Morse) and he is soon rounding up his army colleagues to join him. Narriman himself is finally convinced of the need for action when his friends' daughter is murdered by the country's secret police.
The country's current regime is authoritarian and unpleasant and the country beset by terrorist violence.
Narriman is looking forward to a quiet life on his farm in the country, when he is persuaded to take part in a coup against the government.
A military coup in an unnamed country is the basis for this 1970s political thriller starring David Hemmings, Peter O'Toole and Donald Pleasence.ĭavid Hemmings plays Colonel Narriman, an apparently decent army officer on the verge of retirement.
