Marlon Brando & George C Scoot lead the cast in this tense thriller. Lt. Barney Caine of the Los Angeles Police Department (George C Scott) is investigating the murder of a friend & finds him linked to a mysterious plot involving a formula devised by the Nazis in WWII to make gasoline from synthetic products which if manufactured would kill the oil industry. Adam Steiffel Chairman of Titan Oil (Marlon Brando) & the other leaders of the major oil industries leading companies are in a deadly battle to find the formula & destroy it at any cost. What happens when the oil runs out? Two men know. They both want.... The Formula.