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Writers:
Sydney Boehm (screenplay)
Max Catto (novel)
Release Date:
11 March 1960 (West Germany) 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
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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Runtime:
102 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #19432) | Finland:K-16
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Continuity: Theo's hand jumps on and off Paul's arm between shots as they sit at the casino bar. more
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Referenced in Ocean's Eleven (2001) more
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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.