Guns in the Heather poster

Guns in the Heather

1969 • 2h24m Action, Adventure, Family, TV Movie

Rating

4.5/10

Popularity

1

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'

Details

Director

Robert Butler

Screenplay

Herman Groves

Cast

Glenn Corbett

Alfred Burke

Kurt Russell

Release date

7/23/1969

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

3