Guns in the Heather
1969
144 minutes
Overview
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Top Cast
Glenn Corbett
Tom Evans
Alfred Burke
Kersner
Kurt Russell
Rich Evans
Patrick Dawson
Sean O'Connor
Patrick Barr
Lord Boyne
Hugh McDermott
Carleton
Patrick Westwood
Levick
Eddie Byrne
Bailey
Godfrey Quigley
Meister
Kevin Stoney
Ernhardt
Shay Gorman
Headmaster
Niall Tóibín
Kettering
Ernst Walder
Vollos
Robert Bernal
Sgt. Clune
Vincent Dowling
Maston
John Horton
Stafford
J.G. Devlin
Muldoon
Nicola Davies
Kathleen
Gerry Alexander
Paddy
Eamon Morrissey
Hennessey
Declan Mulholland
Retchick
Mary Larkin
Mary
Paul Farrell
Groundskeeper
Patrick Dawson
Pippa Steel
Air Stewardess (uncredited)