After an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German military. The scientists use metal implants to save him. Once he's back in the States, no one can tell if it's really him, so an intelligence specialist must determine who is under the "mask".
Because of the similarity in their names, some sources have suggested that scriptwriter John Gould and director Jack Gold were one and the same person. However, they are two quite different people.
Lucas Martino:
You think panic has something to do with the heart racing, the nerves getting tense, the breath getting labored? Mine doesn't. But I'm in a constant state of panic, Mr. Rogers. My mind is poised for flight. I'm on the edge of screaming all the time,...
Just before the assassin's car, disguised as an escort vehicle, start shooting at the masked scientist, the driver's side is clearly dented all along. When it storms off just after, it is undamaged.
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