Rosebud movie storyline. Larry Martin (O’Toole) is a Newsweek reporter, secretly working for the CIA as he travels around the globe tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the anti-Israel terrorist Palestinian Liberation Army from the yacht Rosebud. Martin must contend with the girl’s fathers, all of whom are wealthy, connected and concerned. Sloat (Attenborough), the extremist head of Black September, is connected with the kidnappings, and is subsequently hunted down after his plans for a centralized global terrorist network are uncovered.
Rosebud is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O’Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto’s son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrère. Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger. Kim Cattrall made her film debut as a teenager. Barbara Emerson, who had been cast as one of the girls, was replaced during production.
Rosebud (1975)
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman, Claude Dauphin, John V. Lindsay, Peter Lawford, Raf Vallone, Isabelle Huppert, Kim Cattrall, Debra Berger, Mark Burns
Screenplay by: Erik Lee Preminger
Production Design by: Michael Seymour, Willy Holt
Cinematography by: Denys N. Coop
Film Editing by: Thom Noble, Peter Thornton
Art Direction by: Simon Holland
Makeup Department: Paul Rabiger
Music by: Laurent Petitgirard
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: United Artists
Release Date: March 24, 1975
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