The Formula

Year: 1980

Runtime: 117 mins

Language: English

Director: John G. Avildsen

ThrillerMysteryCrimeThrillers and murder mysteriesExciting spy thrillers with tense intrigue

Los Angeles detective Barney Caine investigates a fellow officer’s death and uncovers evidence that Nazi scientists created a synthetic gasoline during World II. The secret formula could dismantle the global oil monopoly, making it priceless and perilous. Caine soon clashes with oil magnate Adam Steiffel, whose own designs on the formula threaten to spark a deadly corporate war.

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