Kojak: The Belarus File
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Abby Mann
Dan Frazer
Charles Brown
Michael Longfield
David Leary
Adam Klugman
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Synopsis
Savalas recreated his popular role of Theo Kojak, the NYPD detective he had portrayed from 1973 to 1978, in this hybrid movie that meshed a Kojak adventure with a mystery about the murder of a number of elderly Russian emigres that was the plot of John Loftus' best-seller, "The Belarus Secret." Kojak and a comely Federal Agent (Suzanne Pleshette) uncover a conspiracy reaching back to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union, but for the most part the charismatic, bald, lollipop-sucking (though not here) detective remains on the periphery of the story.
This film tested the waters for a possible new "Kojak" series. Trivia buffs will note that both Savalas and von Sydow acted together as, respectively, Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ, in "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Also, both actors had played James Bond's arch nemesis, Ernst Blofeld: Savalas menacing George Lazenby in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and von Sydow menacing Sean Conncery in "Never Say Never Again."
Cast
Dan Frazer
Charles Brown
Michael Longfield
David Leary
Adam Klugman
Betsy Aidem
Rita Karin
George Savalas
Suzanne Pleshette
Telly Savalas
Vince Conti
Margaret Thomson
Mark B Russell
Alan Rosenberg
Herbert Berghof
Max Von Sydow
Otto Von Wernherr
Harry Davis
Crew
Richard Bianchi
Judith Blume
Gabriel Borgo
John Boxer
Nat Boxer
Irv Buckman
Joseph Conlan
Barry Devorzon
Herb Gains
Alan Hicks
Dan Lieberstein
John Loftus
James D Mcadams
Jackie Mcevoy
Alan Metzger
James E Morris
Michael Rauch
Shirley Rich
Albert Ruben
Albert Ruben
Michael M Scott
Guy Tanno
Joy Todd
Rose Trimarco
Nathalie Vadim
Katherine Wenning
Film Details
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Aired in United States February 16, 1985
Released in United States on Video May 14, 1996
