The Octagon

Name: The Octagon
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller
Released: 1980-08-14
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian

In a world of choices, for one man there is no choice . . . he must face THE OCTAGON

The Octagon (1980)

Timing: 1:44 (104 min)

5.086/10
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5.875/10
1242

5.1/10
6800

All about film

Video 0

Photo 16

Actors and characters

Release date

1980-08-14

Country

United States

Production

American Cinema Productions

Genre

Adventure, Action, Thriller

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$18 971 000

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Director

Eric Karson

Actors

Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian, Kim Lankford, Tadashi Yamashita, Kurt Grayson, Yuki Shimoda, Larry D. Mann
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Leigh Chapman

Producer

Joel Freeman, Alan Belkin, Michael Leone

Operator

Gabriel Torres

Composer

Dick Halligan

Artist

James L. Schoppe

Audition

Caro Jones

Editing

Dann Cahn
All team (25)

Short description

Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.

What's left behind the scenes

An octagon is an eight-sided structure.
To save money, director Eric Carson's personal Jaguar was used in the film. Carson was very upset when his Jaguar collided with a Pontiac during filming.
The filmmakers initially planned to conclude the movie with a large-scale martial arts performance, but they lacked the time, money, and resources to do so.
Blowing up the arena and fortress sets cost $200,000—far less than it would have cost to dismantle the giant structure and transport its parts to a landfill.
The character played by Richard Norton was mute and, accordingly, did not utter a single word throughout the film. His hissing is an imitation of the sound produced during breathing exercises.