Frederick ForsythFilmography

Occupation:: Executive Producer, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter, Book Author

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I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Simon Wiesenthal, Richard Seibel, Pauline Kreisberg, Zvi Aharoni, Peter Michael Ungers

Synopsis: Richard Trank's documentary I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal joins Into the Arms of Strangers, The Power of Good, and other recent nonfiction films that reflect on WWII-era individuals emotionally invested in the pursuit of justice. This heart-rending film Read More

2007
Avenger

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Sam Elliott, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell, William Hope, David Hayman

Synopsis: Oscar nominated filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen executive produced this TNT/Warner Brothers co-production concerning a small-town lawyer and one-time Special Forces operative who embarks on a violent quest to avenge the brutal murder of his daughter, and soon finds his thirst for vengeance threatening Read More

2006
Frederick Forsyth's Icon

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Patrick Swayze, Ben Cross, Annika Peterson, Patrick Bergin, Niko Nicotera, Jeff Fahey

Synopsis: In this two-part cable miniseries based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth (hence the proprietary title), a post-Communist Russia is mired in chaos and confusion. Emerging from the crowd to lead his fellow Russians out of the darkness and into the light is the fabulously popular presidential Read More

2005
Death Has a Bad Reputation

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Alan Howard, Elizabeth Hurley, Tony Lo Bianco, Gottfried John

Synopsis: Set in England and Europe, Death Has a Bad Reputation stars Alan Howard as a crack British espionage agent. Howard breaks and twists the rules to bring terrorist Tony Lo Bianco to justice. The quest is as much personal as professional: Howard's son has just been seriously injured in a terrorist Read More

1991
A Casualty of War

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Shelley Hack, David Threlfall, Alan Howard, Bill Bailey, Amanda Burton

Synopsis: Frederick Forsyth's novel is the basis for this made-for-television movie about British agents attempting to halt arms-smuggling between the IRA (Irish Republican Army) and Libya. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Parents

Crew: Stunts

Actors: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Juno Mills-Cockell

Synopsis: In this bizarre and very black comedy set in 1950s suburbia, Michael Laemle (Bryan Madorsky) comes to suspect that his conventional parents (Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt) have a little secret which they have kept from him. Nothing too major - - just that they happen to be cannibals. It seems Read More

1/27/89
Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle

Synopsis: Examine what happens to the soldiers after the war is over. This is a historical perspective. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Fourth Protocol

Crew: Book Author, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty, Betsy Brantley, Ray McAnally

Synopsis: Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue Read More

8/28/87
Two by Forsyth

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: A wealthy man attempts to keep his fortune from falling into the hands of his avaricious relatives upon his death, and a temperate man has had it with a gossip columnist in these two shorts adapted from stories by Frederick Forsyth. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
No Comebacks

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: This British double-feature is comprised of mysteries based on Frederick Forsyth stories. The first, A Careful Man centers upon an ailing millionaire who bilks his greedy relatives out of their rightful inheritance. In Privilege, an ingenious stamp salesman uses the law to get revenge upon a Read More

1985
The Dogs of War

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman

Synopsis: Christopher Walken stars in John Irvin's graphic adaptation of Frederick Forsythe's novel about a mercenary sent to overthrow the government of an African country. Walken is Shannon, an American soldier of fortune who has staged incidents in Central America and Africa that helped topple Read More

1981
Cry of the Innocent

Crew: Screen Story

Synopsis: Filmed in Ireland, Cry of the Innocent stars Rod Taylor as an American insurance executive on a grim mission. A private plane has exploded, killing Taylor's wife and children. Also on board was a scientist who was the target of the criminals who engineered the tragedy. The "maguffin" is a secret Read More

1980
The Odessa File

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm, Derek Jacobi

Synopsis: The Odessa File is set in Hamburg in the winter of 1963. Jon Voight plays Peter Miller, a German reporter who is investigating the whereabouts of missing Nazi war criminals. After reading the diary of a Holocaust survivor who has recently committed suicide, Miller goes on the trail of in-hiding SS Read More

1974
The Day of the Jackal

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair, Tony Britton, Terry Alexander

Synopsis: In this involving political thriller, a secret French paramilitary organization plans to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) because of their disagreement with his policies during the Algerian War. They hire a professional killer, known only as "The Jackal" (Edward Fox Read More

1973