The Defection Of Simas Kudirka (1978) - Alan Arkin DVD From the candidates he selects

From the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive a months long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains

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Robert Hoffman

Catch-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions

Running time : 144 Minutes

The Defection Of Simas Kudirka (1978) - Alan Arkin DVD From the candidates he selectsThe Defection Of Simas Kudirka (1978) Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result,