Sol Madrid (MOD)

Sol Madrid (MOD)An undercover narc takes on the Mafia in this "neatly crafted thriller" (The Motion Picture Guide) from director Brian G. Hutton (Where Eagles Dare), starring David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Rip Torn. When mob accountant Harry Mitchell (Pat Hingle) steals $500,000 from The Family, Interpol assigns agent Sol Madrid (McCallum) to find Mitchell and persuade him to testify. Discovering that the ex mistress (Stevens) of mob boss Dano

in an Oscar®-nominated performance) to help represent Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos)

But the land of the Azteca mixes menace and enchantment

Both are driven by their sense of duty

From "master of disaster" Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure

Paul Stewart as a savvy reporter

a nifty film noir thriller that Time deemed "worthy of being bracketed in the select group of train thrillers headed by Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes

you-are-there scenes of aerial glory

free from the oppressive Florence - Phillips estranged wife and Alice's mother

Since the hooch dancer is played by incendiary Lupe Velez

Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures

Flyboys loop-de-looping their crafts through the wild blue yonder

portrayals of Charles Dickens