Checkpoint (DVD, 2012)

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Thriller starring Stanley Baker as a man prepared to do almost anything to win a motor race. O'Donovan duly breaks into the team's factory and manages to obtain the plans - at the cost of setting off an alarm that leads to a fatal shoot-out.

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Filmed in Italy, this pulse-pounding race-car melodrama stars Anthony Steel as ambitious driver Bill Fraser. Stanley Baker costars as O'Donovan, the purchasing agent for unscrupulous auto magnate Warren Ingram (James Robertson Justice). O'Donovan has no reservations about resorting to murder to steal the blueprints for a revolutionary new vehicle. While escaping, O'Donovan offers Fraser a huge sum of money for safe transport to the Swiss border. For a while, Fraser succumbs to greed, but eventually common sense overtakes him.

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ProducerBetty E. Box
EAN5060105721151
eBay Product ID (ePID)112437414

Product Key Features

ActorAnthony Steel, Maurice Denham, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker
Film/TV TitleCheckpoint
DirectorRalph Thomas
Release Year2012
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Run Time84 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Number of Discs1
ScreenwriterRobin Estridge
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleCheckpoint

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    The story is naff, but worth it for the cars, particularly for shots of the real Mille Miglia incorporated in the film.

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  • Sports Cars and Murder

    After reading about endurance racing in the 1950s and seeing the cars on track at Goodwood, it was good to see them in action on the road in this crime drama.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • Petrol head’s delight

    Captures a motor racing era.

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  • Good Film

    Great Plot.

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