Who Dares Wins (1982)
August 26, 1982Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Lewis Collins
Captain Peter Skellen
Judy Davis
Frankie Leith
Richard Widmark
Secretary of State
Edward Woodward
Commander Powell
Robert Webber
General Ira Potter
Robert Webber
General Ira Potter
Tony Doyle
Colonel Hadley
Maurice Roëves
Major Steele
Jonathan Duttine
Rod
Kenneth Griffith
Bishop Crick
Patrick Allen
Police Commissioner
Rosalind Lloyd
Jenny Skellen
Ingrid Pitt
Helga
Ian Sharp
Director
Norman Rodway
Ryan
George Markstein
Writer
Bob Sherman
Hagen
Reginald Rose
Writer
Albert Fortell
Freund
Euan Lloyd
Producer
Mark Ryan
Mac
Roy Budd
Composer
Phil Meheux
Cinematographer
Paul Freeman
Sir Richard
John Grover
Editor
Aharon Ipalé
Malek
Stephen Bent
Neil
Esta Charkham
CastingDirector
Syd Cain
ProductionDesigner
Richard Coleman
Mr Martin
Nigel Humphreys
Sgt Pope
Oz Clarke
Special Branch Man
Peter Geddis
Butler
Raymond Brody
Bank Manager
Andrew MacLachlan
Immigration Officer
Jon Morrison
Dennis
Trevor Byfield
Baker
Michael Forrest
Pickley
Don Fellows
Ambassador Franklin
Alan Gifford
Sen. Kohoskie
John Woodnutt
Harold Staunton
Nick Brimble
Williamson
Meg Davies
Mary Tinker
Lynne Miller
Melissa
Christopher Muncke
US Security Man
Anna Ford
Newscaster
Alan Polonsky
US Marine Guard
Martin Grace
US Marine Guard
Tariq Yunus
Terrorist
Tony Osoba
Terrorist
Glyn Baker
Terrorist
Ben Howard
Terrorist
Niall Padden
Terorist
Ewan Stewart
Terrorist
Patrick Gordon
Terrorist
Peter Turner
Terrorist
Ralph Arliss
Terrorist
Simon Heywood
Terrorist
Martin Jacobs
Policeman at Mews
Allan Mitchell
Harkness
Richard Butler
Dignitary
Barrie Holland
C.I.A. Agent (uncredited)
Bob Simmons
Stunt Coordinator
Maurice Cain
Art Direction
Chris Chrisafis
Executive Producer
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
James Follett
Novel
Jeanette Freeman
Hairstylist
Greg Powell
Stunts
Chris Brock
Third Assistant Director
Eddie Knight
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ron Purdie
Production Manager
Maurice Binder
Graphic Designer
Jim Morahan
Assistant Art Director
Guido Reidy
Sound Assistant
Michael Murray
Second Assistant Director
Tommie Manderson
Assistant Makeup Artist
Matthew Glen
Assistant Editor
Raymond Menmuir
Associate Producer
Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Henson
Stunts
Dorothy Ford
Stunts
Del Baker
Stunts
Tip Tipping
Stunts
Graeme Crowther
Stunts
Nick Allder
Visual Effects Supervisor / Special Effects Supervisor
John McGoldrick
Special Effects Assistant
Jazzer Jeyes
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 26, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Who Dares Wins, also known as The Final Option, is a 1982 British political thriller film directed by Ian Sharp and starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, and Edward Woodward. The film is loosely based on the actions of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege; however, the plot makes considerable fictionalised departures from the actual siege and its background, and instead follows SAS Captain Peter Skellen as he infiltrates a terrorist group planning an attack on American diplomats. The film's title references the motto of the SAS.
Euan Lloyd, the film's producer, witnessed the Iranian Embassy siege firsthand and was inspired to make a film based on it, moving quickly to prevent someone else from developing the same idea. An initial synopsis, created by George Markstein, was then turned into a novel, The Tiptoe Boys, by James Follett in 30 days. Meanwhile, chapter-by-chapter as the novel was completed, it was posted to Reginald Rose in Los Angeles, who wrote the final screenplay.Who Dares Wins was released in the United Kingdom on 26 August 1982 and, after U.S. President Ronald Reagan reportedly enjoyed the film, in the United States on 16 September 1983 as The Final Option. Though it was one of the highest-grossing films released in Britain in 1982, the film was a box-office bomb and was released to negative reviews, as well as criticism for its portrayal of the nuclear disarmament movement, though the action sequences received some praise.