''A Time to Die'' or ''Seven Graves for Rogan'' is a 1982 war-drama-criminal film directed by Matt Cimber and Joe Tornatore and starring

Edward Albert Edward Laurence Albert (February 20, 1951 – September 22, 2006) was an American actor. The son of actor Eddie Albert and Mexican actress Margo, he starred opposite Goldie Hawn in ''Butterflies Are Free'' (1972), a role for which he won a ...

Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play '' French Without Tears'', in wh ...

, and

Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including '' The Time Machine'' (1960), '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and '' ...

. It was shot in 1979. The producer had additional scenes written and shot without the involvement of the original writer and director.

Premise

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in N ...

. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities.

Cast

... Michael Rogan *

... Van Osten *

... Jack Bailey *

Raf Vallone The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's Air force, air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal ...

... Genco Bari *

Rijk de Gooyer Rijk de Gooyer (17 December 1925 – 2 November 2011) was a Dutch Golden Calf-winning actor, writer, comedian and singer. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, he became well known in The Netherlands as part of a comic duo with John Kraaijkamp ...

... SS-officer

Production

''A Time to Die'' was based on ''Six Graves to Munich'' by

Mario Puzo Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably '' The Godfather'' (1969), whi ...

. The film marked the final feature film appearance of

Sir Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play ''French Without Tears'', in wha ...

. After the filming Harrison retired from film and returned to the stage for remainder of his life.

References

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* 1982 films American war films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films scored by Robert O. Ragland Films based on American novels American crime drama films 1982 drama films 1980s English-language films Films about Nazi fugitives Films about Nazi hunters Films set in West Germany 1980s American films {{1980s-crime-drama-film-stub