The Glory Boys

The Glory Boys
Written byGerald Seymour
Directed byMichael Ferguson
StarringRod Steiger
Anthony Perkins
Alfred Burke
Joanna Lumley
Music byAlan Parker
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersAlan Landsburg
David Cunliffe
ProducerMichael Glynn
CinematographyAlan Pyrah
EditorElizabeth Kling
Running time139 minutes
Production companyYorkshire Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1 October (1984-10-01) –
3 October 1984 (1984-10-03)

The Glory Boys is a 1984 British three-part television thriller miniseries made for Yorkshire Television and first broadcast on the ITV network between 1 and 3 October 1984, starring Rod Steiger and Anthony Perkins.[1] It is about two terrorists, one from the IRA and another from the PLO, who meet up in London to assassinate an Israeli nuclear scientist.

Cast

Production

Steiger and Perkins were at loggerheads during the production of The Glory Boys. Perkins resented the fact that Steiger insisted on a bigger trailer and felt that Steiger was trying to steal scenes from him, while Steiger had thought Perkins "so jittery and jinxed by the chemicals he was taking" that he felt sorry for him and believed that he was jeopardizing the success of the film.[2]

References

  1. ^ Photoplay Movies & Video. Photoplay/M.A.P. Limited. 1983. p. 248.
  2. ^ Hutchinson 1998, p. 151.

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