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''Brass Target'' is a 1978 American post war suspense film, based on the novel ''The Algonquin Project'' by Frederick Nolan and directed by John Hough. It stars John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan and Max von Sydow.〔''Variety'' film review; December 13, 1978.〕 The film revolves around the actual historical event of Gen. George S. Patton's fatal automobile crash. It suggests it was not an accident but a conspiracy. ==Plot== The story opens in Europe days after VE Day. General Patton (played by Kennedy), orders that gold reserves held by the former Reichsbank be transported to Frankfurt. But before the shipment arrives in the city, the train is robbed and its US Army MP guards are killed in a tunnel using poisonous gas. It's then revealed that a group of corrupt American officers, led by a colonel (played by Vaughn), is behind the crime. The investigation, started by Patton, initially leads to OSS Major Joe De Luca (played by Cassavetes). It seems the robbers used his plan from one of his wartime operations to steal the gold. This prompts De Luca to start his own investigation. His first stop is to see his old wartime commander, Colonel Mike McCauley (played by McGoohan), who is now living in a requisitioned German castle. Meanwhile, as the investigation gets closer, the corrupt American officers hire Webber, a professional assassin, (played by Von Sydow) to kill Patton in the hope of halting the inquiry. Soon De Luca meets Mara, a former girlfriend (played by Loren), who can help him find the culprits. But before they can do that, they discover Webber is on their trail and also planning to kill Patton. The pair then race against time across war-ravaged Europe to save the general and catch the villainous officers. However, Webber, posing as an American soldier, kills General Patton in a staged traffic accident. At the precise moment an Army truck collides with Patton's car, Webber fires a rubber bullet, striking Patton the head, killing him. De Luca, however, tracks down the assassin, and at film's end, kills him with his own weapon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brass Target」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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