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Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Sydney Boehm (screenplay)
Max Catto (novel)

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Release Date:

11 March 1960 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Crime | Drama more

Plot:

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo. more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. more

User Comments:

"Mission: Impossible" with a black hat more (10 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Edward G. Robinson ... Theo Wilkins / Dr. Vital

Rod Steiger ... Paul Mason / John Edwards

Joan Collins ... Melanie / Madame De La Cruz

Eli Wallach ... Poncho / Baron von Roelitz
Alexander Scourby ... Raymond Le May
Michael Dante ... Louis Antonizzi / Monsieur De La Cruz
Berry Kroeger ... Hugo Baumer aka Fritz
Sebastian Cabot ... Director of Casino
Marcel Hillaire ... Duc di Salins
John Beradino ... Chief of Detectives
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Additional Details

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #19432) | Finland:K-16


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Continuity: Theo's hand jumps on and off Paul's arm between shots as they sit at the casino bar. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ocean's Eleven (2001) more


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"Mission: Impossible" with a black hat, 6 July 2004
7/10
Author: pro_crustes from Atlantic Coast, USA

Remember "Mission: Impossible"? The TV series, not the movie. It was always fun to watch the team pull off one of their stunts, because they balanced their Rube Goldberg concepts with NASA-quality planning. This movie is cut from the same cloth. It's about a casino robbery engineered during one of the gambling hall's biggest celebrations. The eponymous crooks must work in synchronized unison to fulfill their plan. Unlike the MI series, though, they aren't all quite equally devoted to their mission or, at least not to their particular roles within it. Still, they have a clever series of steps that get more interesting to watch, even as it seems increasingly likely that the plan will succeed.

Along the way, there are some interesting mixtures of personality types, some mysterious backgrounds waiting to be uncovered, and a degree of slipperiness that make it hard to be sure just who we should be rooting for. Indeed, part of the charm of this film is that there are _no_ "good guys," yet we want the thieves to get away with their crime.

A nifty, thoughtful piece, with little action and no sfx (in the current sense, anyway). An added plus for some of us is a pair of fairly sexy dance numbers a 27-year-old Joan Collins does "nearly naked," as her character puts it. She was at her physical prime in this film, but don't underestimate her acting ability. She carries the sole female role with every bit as much mastery as Wallach, Steiger, and the oddly endearing Edward G. Robinson carry theirs. John Beradino (the original "Dr. Hardy" of TV's "General Hospital") has a small role, and Marcel Hillaire appears as more or less the same character he would play dozens of times in TV guest spots for the next few years.

7/10, recommended if you've had your fill of explosions, CGI, or Tom Cruise.

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