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Director:
Henry Hathaway
Writers:
Peter Cheyney (novel)
Liam O'Brien (writer)
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Release Date:
13 June 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
No. 1 target for 1,000 enemy agents... from Paris - to Salzburg - to Trieste!
Plot:
Department of State courier Mike Kelly ends up in postwar hotbed Trieste after failing to collect a package from a colleague... more | add synopsis
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Aged, But Still Good in 2004 more (12 total)

Cast

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Tyrone Power ... Mike Kells
Patricia Neal ... Joan Ross
Stephen McNally ... Col. Mark Cagle
Hildegard Knef ... Janine Betki (as Hildegarde Neff)

Karl Malden ... Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
James Millican ... Sam F. Carew

Stefan Schnabel ... Rasumny Platov
Herbert Berghof ... Arnov
Arthur Blake ... Max Ralli
Helene Stanley ... Airline stewardess
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | USA:Approved (PCA #15614) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: Near the opening, we see the switchboard in the state department, with labels over the various patch-cord inputs. One of them is labeled "MANILLA" rather than "Manila." more
Quotes:
Joan Ross: When I started this crazy tour the last thing I was looking for was a man. Why I should pick on you, I don't know. After I know you better I may not like you. But I kept thinking about you and started looking for you. I phoned all over and Tony Bennis from the Paris embassy found out for me that you has come here. Michael, it's was exactly 11:45 a few days ago when you left me. What time is it now? Check both watches.
Mike Kells: Well, it's exactly 11:37.
Joan Ross: Do we resume? Heaven bless 11:37. I don't.
Mike Kells: , I'd like nothing better in the world, but right now I'm sort of... I... I... I'm... tied...
Joan Ross: All right, I'm gonna lay my cards on the table. Michael, tell me the truth. Are you with someone?
Mike Kells: [showing a photo of a woman] No. No, I'm chasing her. My dream girl.
Joan Ross: Can't be helped. Can't be helped, can it? I apologize to you Michael. I'm truly sorry.
Mike Kells: No, no, no. I'm only kidding about her. I'm only doing this for an acquaintance of a friend of mine. I promised to look her up and see about her.
Joan Ross: Do you have to see about her tonight?
Mike Kells: It doesn't look as though I can tonight.
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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Aged, But Still Good in 2004, 31 January 2004
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the Cold War, Mike Kells (Tyrone Power) is a courier, who has the mission to meet his friend Sam Carew (James Millican) in a train in Europe and bring some documents back to Washington. However, Sam is killed in the train, and Mike finds a hint in his pocket, indicating he should go to Trieste to find Janine (Hildegard Knef), the last contact of Sam before he dies. Meanwhile, Joan Ross (Patricia Neal), an American widow that Mike met in the plane, shows a great interest in Mike. Mike does not know, but he is used by American government as a bait. This movie has aged a lot, by remains very attractive. The story, full of plot points, is still very good. In Brazil, it is only available on cable television. The DVD and the VHS have not been released. My vote is seven

Title (Brazil): `Missão Perigosa em Trieste' (`Dangerous Mission in Trieste')

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