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Sky Riders (also known as Assault on the Forbidden Fortress) is a 1976 American action film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring James Coburn, Susannah York and Robert Culp. A woman and her children are kidnapped in Athens and held in a mountain-top monastery as hostages by a revolutionary terrorist movement. A rescue operation is mounted using hang gliders. The rescue sequences were filmed in Meteora in Greece where the finale of the later James Bond film For Your Eyes Only was set.
On January 17, 2012 the film was released on DVD through Shout! Factory as part of a double feature with The Last Hard Men.
Original Release
03/26/1976
US Release
03/26/1976
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Coburn | Jim McCabe |
| Susannah York | Ellen Bracken |
| Robert Culp | Jonas Bracken |
| Charles Aznavour | Inspector Nikolidis / Insp. Nikolidis |
| Harry Andrews | Auerbach |
| John Beck | Ben |
| Zouzou | Female terrorist |
| Kenneth Griffith | Wasserman |
| Werner Pochath | Number One Terrorist |
| Antonis Antypas | Dimitri |
Directors
Writers
Jack DeWitt, Stanley Mann, Garry Michael White, Hall T. Sprague, Greg MacGillivray, Bill McGaw
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Coburn | Jim McCabe |
| Susannah York | Ellen Bracken |
| Robert Culp | Jonas Bracken |
| Charles Aznavour | Inspector Nikolidis / Insp. Nikolidis |
| Harry Andrews | Auerbach |
| John Beck | Ben |
| Zouzou | Female terrorist |
| Kenneth Griffith | Wasserman |
| Werner Pochath | Number One Terrorist |
| Antonis Antypas | Dimitri |
| Telis Zotos | Bracken's secretary |
| Nikos Tsachiridis | Gatekeeper |
| Ernie F. Orsatti | Joe |
| Barbara Trentham | Della |
| Henry Brown | Martin |
| Cherie Latimer | Cora |
| Simon Harrison | Jimmy |
| Stephany Mathews | Susie |
| Steven Keats | Rudy |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sandy Howard | Executive Producer |
| Bill McGaw | Producer |
| Terry Morse Jr. | Producer |
| Hall T. Sprague | Producer |
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