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directed by

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and starring

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, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and

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. Six international criminals attempt to steal the crown jewels of Iran,BFI.org
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'' and the 1960 film ''

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Plot

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.Michael Schell
"Film review: The Invincible Six"
''Schellsburg'', May 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018

Cast

as Tex * Elke Sommer as Zari * Curd Jürgens as Baron Karl von Bitterhofen * James Mitchum as Nazar *

as Ronald * Behrouz Vossoughi as Jahan * Lon Satton as Mike * Isarco Ravaioli as Giorgio * Pouri Banayi as Jahan's wife

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* 1970 films American adventure films 1970s adventure films English-language Iranian films Films shot in Iran Films scored by Manos Hatzidakis Iranian adventure films 1970s Persian-language films Iranian multilingual films American multilingual films 1970s English-language films 1970 multilingual films 1970s American films English-language adventure films {{1970s-adventure-film-stub

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