The Final Option (1982)
Who Dares Wins
The 60 second war begins now!
125 min
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
- Release date
- August 26, 1982
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Australia
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Cast
- Lewis Collins as Captain Peter Skellen
- Judy Davis as Frankie Leith
- Richard Widmark as Secretary of State
- Edward Woodward as Commander Powell
- Robert Webber as General Ira Potter
- Kenneth Griffith as Bishop Crick
- Maurice Roëves as Major Steele
- Ingrid Pitt as Helga
- Patrick Allen as Police Commissioner
- Tony Doyle as Colonel Hadley
- John Duttine as Rod
- Rosalind Lloyd as Jenny Skellen
- Norman Rodway as Ryan
- Bob Sherman as Hagen
- Albert Fortell as Freund
- Mark Ryan as Mac
- Paul Freeman as Sir Richard
- Aharon Ipalé as Malek
- Stephen Bent as Neil
- Richard Coleman as Mr Martin
- Nigel Humphreys as Sgt Pope
- Oz Clarke as Special Branch Man
- Jon Morrison as Dennis
- Trevor Byfield as Baker
- Don Fellows as Ambassador Franklin
- Alan Gifford as Sen. Kohoskie
Crew
- Ian Sharp · Director
- George Markstein · Writer
- Reginald Rose · Writer
- Euan Lloyd · Producer
- Roy Budd · Composer
- Phil Meheux · Cinematographer
- John Grover · Editor
- Esta Charkham · Casting director
- Syd Cain · Production designer