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Who Dares Wins (U.S. title: The Final Option) is a 1982 British film starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark and Edward Woodward, directed by Ian Sharp. The title is the motto of the elite Special Air Service (SAS).
The plot is largely inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, where the United Kingdom's SAS special forces dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd, the film's producer, got the idea for the film after watching live television coverage of the event, but he had to move quickly to prevent the idea being taken by somebody else. An initial synopsis was created by George Markstein. This was then turned into a novel by James Follett as The Tiptoe Boys, in thirty days. Meanwhile, chapter-by-chapter as the novel was completed, it was posted to Reginald Rose in Los Angeles, who wrote the final screenplay.
Original Release
08/26/1982
US Release
09/16/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Collins | Captain Peter Skellen / Capt. Peter Skellen |
Judy Davis | Frankie Leith |
Richard Widmark | Secretary of State / Secretary of State Arthur Currie |
Edward Woodward | Commander Powell |
Robert Webber | General Ira Potter |
Tony Doyle | Colonel Hadley / Col. Hadley |
John Duttine | Rod / Rod Walker |
Kenneth Griffith | Bishop Crick |
Rosalind Lloyd | Jenny Skellen |
Ingrid Pitt | Helga |
Directors
Writers
George Markstein, Reginald Rose, James Follett
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Collins | Captain Peter Skellen / Capt. Peter Skellen |
Judy Davis | Frankie Leith |
Richard Widmark | Secretary of State / Secretary of State Arthur Currie |
Edward Woodward | Commander Powell |
Robert Webber | General Ira Potter |
Tony Doyle | Colonel Hadley / Col. Hadley |
John Duttine | Rod / Rod Walker |
Kenneth Griffith | Bishop Crick |
Rosalind Lloyd | Jenny Skellen |
Ingrid Pitt | Helga |
Norman Rodway | Ryan |
Maurice Roeves | Major Steele |
Bob Sherman | Hagen |
Albert Fortell | Freund |
Mark Ryan | Mac |
Patrick Allen | Police Commissioner |
Aharon Ipalé | Malek |
Paul Freeman | Sir Richard |
Briony Elliott | Baby Samantha |
Jerry Donahue | Pop Group |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Euan Lloyd | Producer |
Raymond Menmuir | Producer |