Release Date | 16 February 1979 |
Tagline | The patriot, the professor, the comic and the stripper, were fighting for what they believed in. Getting rich! |
Genre | Action Adventure Comedy War |
Escape to Athena is a 1979 British adventure comedy war film directed by George P. Cosmatos. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould. The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin. It was filmed on location on the island of Rhodes.