Big Oil. Big Money. Big Mystery. Everyone’s out to make a killing.
Original title
The Formula
Released
12/19/1980
Origin country
DE, US
Genre
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Budget
$13,200,000.00
Revenue
$8,894,289.00
Runtime
1hr 57min
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.
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