rec.arts.movies.past-films

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:18:41 -0800 (PST), robertpeffers@ wrote:

>I am looking for a movie title. Unfortunately, I can only remember a
>few scenes from, please help.
>

>
>FILM #2:
>
>I saw this movie just a few years ago on television, but I believe it
>was made in the 1970s or 1980s.
>The movie is about a female American spy who is living in Iraq during
>the 1960s. She befriends an Iraqi Christian male who is a pilot in the
>Iraqi airforce, and tries to get them to defect. He is unaware of her
>intentions in the beginning and they have a secret romance together. I
>remember a scene where she takes him to Rome and they sneak out of
>Iraq together and return the same way without anyone knowing they are
>both gone. I remember a second scene where he does defect and flies
>his fighter jet to Israel towards the end of the movie. The woman in
>this film has blond hair and blue eyes. The movie ends with both of
>them together in Israel just days after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
>
>I have searched a lot of Internet movie databases to no avail. Does
>anyone happen to know the title of this movie?. Any help would be
>greatly appreciated.


My guess:

"Steal the Sky"


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