The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

Taglines:

5 Great Stars Challenge You to Guess the Disguised Roles they Play! See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 1963 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Die Totenliste See more »

Filming Locations:

County Wicklow, Ireland See more »

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Joel Productions See more »

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Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

Fourth of seven films that Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster made together. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: Gwendolynne La Doll's address is shown on the manuscript as being on Fulham Road, London S.W.8., and later dialogue describing the location as "the Fulham Road" makes it clear that this means the main street of that name. But this runs from Fulham to Brompton, whereas the SW8 postal district lies across the Thames in districts such as Battersea and Wandsworth. See more »

Crazy Credits

At the end of the last scene, the words "The End" (and production company
and distributor credits) are superimposed. But then Kirk Douglas
says in voiceover "Hold it! Stop!" The text now disappears again and
the music score also stops. He continues: "That's the end of the picture,
but it's not the end of the mystery." Scenes featuring four of the film's
minor roles are now quickly reprised, with a suitable musical score, and
the four actors each remove face masks and other makeup to reveal that the
respective parts were played by Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra. Finally, Douglas similarly reprises five disguises that his character wore during the course of the story, and after the last one, reveals his face (which we had already seen when his character was undisguised). He says to the camera, "Ladies and gentlemen -- The End", and continues picking off bits of face mask glue while the musical theme concludes. See more »

Connections

Referenced in John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) See more »