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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
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| Cinematography | Piero Portalupi |
| Music by | Manos Hatzidakis |
Production company | Moulin Rouge Productions |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
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The Invincible Six (also known as The Heroes and Qahremanan[1]) is a 1970 American-Iranian adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and Ian Ogilvy.[1][2] Six international criminals attempt to steal the crown jewels of Iran,[3][4] but in the tradition of 1954 film Seven Samurai and the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, end up defending a village from bandits. In Britain and several other countries it was picked up for distribution by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
[edit]An adventurous American whom everybody calls Tex, and his partners, the mechanically savvy Mike and an Englishman named Ronald, are foiled in their bid to steal Tehran's precious jewels. In the desert, they join up with three other criminals, an Iranian, an Italian, and a German, to plot another heist.
They have the good fortune of meeting Zari, the beautiful mistress of the infamous bandit Malik, who is after a valuable amulet. So is the man who wants to claim Malik's place in the eyes of all, Nazar, but all does not go well. Ronald is captured and tortured, Nazar is shot, and Zari is soon forced to decide if she wishes to continue on to wherever fate takes Tex next.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Stuart Whitman as Tex
- Elke Sommer as Zari
- Curd Jürgens as Baron Karl von Bitterhofen
- James Mitchum as Nazar
- Ian Ogilvy as Ronald
- Behrouz Vossoughi as Jahan
- Lon Satton as Mike
- Isarco Ravaioli as Giorgio
- Pouri Banayi as Jahan's wife
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Invincible Six". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Capua, Michelangelo (August 11, 2017). Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-4766-2752-6.
- ^ "The Heroes". www.aftabir.com (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The Invincible Six (1968)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
- ^ Michael Schell, "Film review: The Invincible Six". Schellsburg, May 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018
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