Action of the Tiger (1957)Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. Director:Terence Young |
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Title: Action of the Tiger (1957)
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Carson
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Martine Carol | ... |
Tracy Malvoisie
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Trifon, Albania Bandit
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Gustavo Rojo | ... |
Henri Malvoisie
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José Nieto | ... |
Kol Stendho
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Helen Haye | ... |
Countess Valona
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Anna Gerber | ... |
Mara Valona
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Security Officer
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Mike
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Yvonne Romain | ... |
Katina
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Norman Macowan | ... |
Trifon's Father
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Brian Sunners | ... |
Farmer
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Helen Goss | ... |
Farmer's Wife
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Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. Written by Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
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How a beautiful blonde and a tough smuggler escape the net of Continental conspiracy!Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 August 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Brutal Aventura See more »Company Credits
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Tracy Malvoisie: I don't expect any favors from a cut-price Galahad!
Carson: You didn't let me finish, I was going to say for you 10 thousand.
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Carson: My usual fee is 5 thousand, but...Tracy Malvoisie: I don't expect any favors from a cut-price Galahad!
Carson: You didn't let me finish, I was going to say for you 10 thousand.
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If for nothing else, this film is memorable for a scene in which the heroine is chased around the hero's boat by the mate, Mike, played by Sean Connery, as obvious prelude to rape, while said hero, a particularly grubby-looking Van Johnson (who had seen better days in Santa Fe Trail and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers) looks on indifferently. Somehow or other she gets out of this, but the idea that having escaped the clutches of Connery she would subsequently fall hard for Van Johnson give cinema one of it great "huh?" moments. Otherwise, the movie lacks much interest or originality despite the Albanian background which certainly could have been better exploited, as Albania was known during its Communist era as the last surviving medieval society in Europe, and attracted a goodly share of antiquarian tourists.