Robert Shaw as Major David Kabakov

A demented war veteran plots to kill thousands of Americans at the Superbowl in Miami by using a specially designed dart-gun from the Goodyear blimp which flies above the stadium. However, a tough Middle Eastern anti-terrorist agent has uncovered some of the plot and is out to stop him.

Directed by John Frankenheimer

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Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, Ivan Moffat and Kenneth Ross from the novel by Thomas Harris

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Produced by Robert Evans, Alan Levine and Robert L. Rosen

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Music by John Williams

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Cinematography by John A. Alonzo

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Edited by Tom Rolf

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Also starring Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Bekhim Fehmiu,

Michael V. Gazzo, Walter Gotell and Fritz Weaver

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Released by Paramount Pictures

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Release Date: April 1st 1977

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Running Time: 143 minutes

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Location(s): Florida, California, Texas and Morocco

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Filming commenced: January 19th 1976

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