Brass Target

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Brass Target
Directed by John Hough
Produced by Berle Adams
Arthur Lewis
Written by Frederick Nolan (novel)
Alvin Boretz
Starring Sophia Loren
John Cassavetes
George Kennedy
Robert Vaughn
Max von Sydow
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) 1978
Running time 111 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Brass Target is a 1978 American war film, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan and directed by John Hough. It stars John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy and Max von Sydow.

The plot centers on the death of Gen. George S. Patton (Kennedy), and a group of corrupt American officers who are trying to steal Nazi gold after the end of World War II. In the story, these officers plan Patton's fatal auto accident so he won't reveal their theft.

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