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and all, is Robert Culp, who is very convincing. After receiving the information from "Rebecca," Wolffs code name, he is able to ambush the Allied soldiers. Soul's character is a driven, ruthless, power-hungry man, filled with hate for the British and quick to cut the throat of anyone who stands in his way. During the course of the four-hour drama. was chosen for this role.

"I like figuring things out To me, when you play a character you first disassemble him, examine each part, and learn what he's about Ever after, if someone asks you, 'Would your character say this?" you always have the answer." Queried about the sexy scenes in "The Key to i scenes are violent ana vicious and there are many chases down dark, narrow cobblestone streets, along with multiple murders. It's clear Wolff will stop at nothing to rid Cairo of the British. Splendidly played by Soul, Wolff uses his charm to get his way. His accomplice is an Egyptian belly dancer, Sonja El Aram (Raymond), who shakes up a storm when she's not in bed with the weak British officer, Maj. Sanford Smith (Hemmings).

She seduces him for Wolff so he can search his briefcase in the afternoons while the unsuspecting officer is wrestling with Sonja in bed. It's his briefcase that supplies the spy with the whereabouts of the British army. Meanwhile, Vandam is busy trying to discover who and where "Rebecca" is. Counterfeit money is his lead. He also strikes a deal with Elene Fontana, a woman of dubious reputation Rebecca between a British officer played by David Hemmings, who also directed the film, and a belly dancer (Lina Raymond), Robertson seemed surprised.

"I wasn't in any of those scenes," he said innocently. "What happened?" He also seemed uninformed about some of the gossip involving Soul and a certain actress that had leaked out from Tunisia during the shooting. "That's why I go off on the weekends," shrugged Robertson, who found Soul to be an "intense but interesting actor." He added: "I always do my work and then walk away." In tomorrow night's drama, he does some fine, understated acting as Major Vandam, the Allied officer and widower who's trying to keep up a front for his young son Billy, played by a charming scene-stealer named Charlie Condou. The time is 1942 the place, North Africa. Alex WolffAchmed (Soul), raised in Cairo by David Soul plays a ruthless German-Egyptian spy, a German mother and an Egyptian stepfather, has a network of spies among the Egyptians, including Abdullah (Anthony Quayle) who feed him information about the British which he relays via his portable transmitter to Field Marshal Rommel in the desert Playing Marshal Rommel, accent sexily played by Season Hubley, who is willing to be the bait for Wolff in exchange for the privilege of emigrating to Palestine Like the prostitute with a heart of gold, Elene turns out to be more than of passing interest to the near-jaded officer, who finds he's falling in love.

This is a nail-biting, action-filled drama that promises to keep you on the edge of your seat until its conclusion next week. But be warned it's not for children. Both the murders and sex scenes are very graphic. There's even some nudity in this production from Taft Entertainment Like past "Operation Prime Time" dramas, Channel 11 is showing it in two parts part one tomorrow night with a repeat on Thursday; part two a week from Monday, repeated the following Thursday. Each two-hour showing begins at Robertson and the rest of the cast turn in solid performances.

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