The Invincible Six

The Invincible Six
The Invincible Six
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Written by	Michael Barrett [fr] (novel); Guy Elmes; Chester Erskine;
Produced by	Mostafa Akavan; Morteza Akhavan;
Starring	Stuart Whitman; Elke Sommer; Curd Jürgens; James Mitchum;
Music by	Manos Hatzidakis
Production; company	Moulin Rouge Productions
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures (UK); Continental Distributing (US);
Release date	10 June 1970;
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	Iran; United States;
Languages	English; Persian;

The Invincible Six is a 1970 American-Iranian adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and Ian Ogilvy. Six international criminals attempt to steal the crown jewels of Iran,^[1]^[2] but in the tradition of 1954 film Seven Samurai and the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, end up defending a village from bandits. In Britain and several other countries it was picked up for distribution by Paramount Pictures.

Plot edit

An adventurous American whom everybody calls Tex, and his partners, the mechanically savvy Mike and an Englishman named Ronald, are foiled in their bid to steal Tehran's precious jewels. In the desert, they join up with three other criminals, an Iranian, an Italian, and a German, to plot another heist.

They have the good fortune of meeting Zari, the beautiful mistress of the infamous bandit Malik, who is after a valuable amulet. So is the man who wants to claim Malik's place in the eyes of all, Nazar, but all does not go well. Ronald is captured and tortured, Nazar is shot, and Zari is soon forced to decide if she wishes to continue on to wherever fate takes Tex next.^[3]