The Formula
1980
Big Oil. Big Money. Big Mystery. Everyone’s out to make a killing.
- John G. Avildsen
- 1h 57m
- December 19, 1980 · Germany, United States of America
Overview
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 19, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
- Cast
- George C. Scott,Marlon Brando,Marthe Keller,John Gielgud,G.D. Spradlin,Beatrice Straight,Richard Lynch,John van Dreelen,Robin Clarke,Ike Eisenmannand 19 more
- Director
- John G. Avildsen
- Writer
- Steve Shagan
- Producer
- Steve Shagan
- Cinematography
- James Crabe
- Music
- Bill Conti
- Budget
- $13,200,000
- Revenue
- $8,894,289
- IMDb
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