在这部维也纳大逃亡冒险片中,就在苏俄坦克铁腕压制1956年匈牙利暴动不久，佣兵麦可雷诺(李察威麦)前往共产党统治的布达佩斯，解救反抗军的领导人之一，简希教授。而他面临的唯一难题是－简希教授不愿离开。这部让人紧张得冒冷汗的悬疑片，忠实呈现冷战时期匈牙利的紧绷氛围。本片在1961年首度于美国上映时，演出简希教授之女的森妲柏格，也让美国观众大为惊艳。
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist (Prof. Jansci) escape from Budapest. He and Julia, the professor's daughter, cross the border posing as journalists, but they encounter a problem. The staunch freedom fighter doesn't want to go.
