Directed by:
Ralph ThomasScreenplay:
Wilfred GreatorexCinematography:
Ernest StewardComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Derren Nesbitt, Burt Kwouk (more)Plots(1)
A police investigator is forced to rely on the man he's been instructed to apprehend in this cold war thriller. Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer) is a high level negotiator with the British government who is approached by Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor), an Australian detective who has been instructed to arrest Quentin in connection with the murder of his first wife 25 years earlier. Quentin calmly asks Malone if he could wait until he completes his work at a diplomatic conference, and Malone agrees; Quentin even allows Malone to stay at his home with his second wife Shelia (Lilli Palmer). Malone's assignment soon proves to be more complicated (and dangerous) than he expected when he has to save Quentin from an assassination attempt. Quentin must protect a fellow diplomat also targeted by gunmen, and Malone learns that Shelia has a deadly secret. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rod Taylor
Australia
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Christopher Plummer
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Lilli Palmer
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Camilla Sparv
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Daliah Lavi
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Clive Revill
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Lee Montague
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Calvin Lockhart
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Derren Nesbitt
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Burt Kwouk
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Franchot Tone
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Leo McKern
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Edric Connor
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Terence Plummer
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Tony Selby
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Victor Harrington
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Juba Kennerley
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Aileen Lewis
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Russell Napier
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