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Solo Behind The Iron Curtain

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Robert Vaughn is making a movie in Prague when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia.

4 Extra Debut. Robert Vaughn stars in a dramatic account of his time filming in Czechoslovakia in 1968 when he was trapped by Soviet tanks. From November 2007.

Tracy Spottiswoode's thriller is based on real events in 1968.

Actor Robert Vaughn, famous at the time as TV spy Napoleon Solo, is making a movie in Prague with several other Hollywood stars. Filming stops abruptly, however, when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia. Cast and crew find themselves trapped. The Man from UNCLE must find a way to escape, and quickly.

Robert Vaughn ...... Himself
Pepsi ...... Vesna Stanojevic
George Segal ...... Robert Glenister
Ben Gazzara ...... John Guerrasio
Bradford Dillman ...... Richard Laing
David Wolper ...... Garrick Hagon
Honzo ...... Robert Luckay
Sadovsky ...... Rad Lazar

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