Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena is a British war film from 1979 comedy-action film directed by George p. Cosmatos. ==Plot[ Edit] == During the Second World War, a number of Americans held captive on a Greek island. To support a forthcoming Allied invasion, they want to blow up the nearby oil depot with the Greek resistance. To achieve this, they want to take over the prison camp and later also the nearby village. After a long battle they manage to get to the power grab and the oil depot to blow up. On the island is still a monastery that is in German hands. There many treasures are worth several million Swiss francs, according to the Greek resistance. The truth is something different. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Tidbits[ Edit] ==
 * Roger Moore - Major Otto Hecht
 * Telly Savalas - Zeno
 * David Niven - Professor Blake
 * Stefanie Powers - Dottie Del Mar
 * Claudia Cardinale - Eleana
 * Richard Roundtree - Nat Judson
 * Sonny Bono - Bruno Rotelli
 * Elliott Gould - Charlie Dane
 * Anthony Valentine - SS Major Volkmann
 * Siegfried Rauch - Braun
 * Michael Sheard - Sergeant Mann
 * Richard Wren - Reistoffer
 * Philip Locke - Bird
 * Steve Ubels - Lantz
 * The film was shot on location in Greece.
 * Actor William Holden had a cameo appearance in the film. He is the prisoner who smokes a cigar in the prison camp.