Who?
Director: Jack Gold
Year: 1973
Country: UK
Duration: 93 mins
Rating: PG
Cast: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard and Joseph Bova
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This interesting science fiction film, is also known as Man Without a Face, Prisoner of the Skull, The Man With the Steel Mask, and Robo Man. Elliot Gould plays the role of an American government official, and Joseph Bova plays an American scientist. While visiting the Soviet Union, Bova, is involved in a serious car accident. The Russian surgeons perform emergency life-saving surgery by replacing most of Bova's body parts with electronic devices. Thus when he returns home, Bova is to all intents and purposes a cyborg. It is up to Gould to find out if our reconstituted hero has been transformed into a Soviet spy. After several rondelay dialogue scenes and car chases, Who? ends on a quiet, pensive note. Adapted from the well-regarded novel by Algis Budrys.