The Formula

Directed by John G. Avildsen
1980    1h 57m    R
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
5.630%22%
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A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Germans in World War II to make fuel from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil, and oil companies. A major oil company finds out about it and tries to destroy the formula, and anyone who knows about it.
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Cast of The Formula
  • George C. ScottBarney Caine
  • Marlon BrandoAdam Steiffel
  • Marthe KellerLisa
  • John GielgudDr. Abraham Esau
  • G. D. SpradlinArthur Clements
  • Beatrice StraightKay Neeley
  • Richard LynchGeneral Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
  • John van DreelenHans Lehman
  • Robin ClarkeMajor Tom Neeley
  • Ike EisenmannTony
  • Marshall ThompsonGeologist #1
  • Dieter SchidorAssassin
  • Werner KreindlSchellenberg
  • Jan NiklasGestapo Captain
  • Wolfgang PreissFranz Tauber
  • Calvin JungSgt. Yosuta
  • Alan NorthNolan
  • David ByrdObermann
  • Ferdy MayneSiebold
  • Gerard MurphyChauffeur
  • Francisco PradoMendosa
  • Louis BasileVince Rizzo
  • Ric ManciniPrintman
  • Weston GavinU.S. Army Captain
  • Craig T. NelsonGeologist #2
  • Herb VolandGeologist #3
  • Diane TylerTelex Operator
  • Nathan RobertsReporter
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