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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
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Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky... See full summary » Director:John Huston |
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| Tony Curtis | ... |
Cameo
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| Kirk Douglas | ... |
George Brougham
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Vicar Atlee
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Mr. Pythian
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Arthur Henderson
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| Burt Lancaster | ... |
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| Robert Mitchum | ... |
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| Frank Sinatra | ... |
Cameo
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| George C. Scott | ... |
Anthony Gethryn
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| Dana Wynter | ... |
Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm
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Clive Brook | ... |
Marquis of Gleneyre
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Gladys Cooper | ... |
Mrs. Karoudjian
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Herbert Marshall | ... |
Sir Wilfrid Lucas
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Jacques Roux | ... |
Raoul Le Borg
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John Merivale | ... |
Adrian Messenger
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Marcel Dalio | ... |
Max Karoudjian
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Bernard Archard | ... |
Insp. Pike
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Tony Huston | ... |
Derek Bruttenholm
(as Walter Anthony Huston)
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Storyline
Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky, the matter becomes more serious. As his friend checks into the list, each seems to have died in mysterious circumstances. As he goes down the list, the deaths become more recent and a race to find the remaining survivors and what put each of them on this list ensues. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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5 Great Stars Challenge You to Guess the Disguised Roles they Play! See more »Parents Guide:
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Die Totenliste See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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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 »
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Actor Jan Merlin reportedly played several of the alleged star cameos in the movie (including Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum); according to Merlin, the big-name actors never appeared in the film proper and only shot close-ups for an epilogue peeling off their heavy make-up. Merlin used his experiences as the basis of a thinly-veiled novel about the filming of the movie titled 'Shooting Montezuma'. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: During many of the horse-riding close-ups, a wire (presumably some kind of safety device) can be seen behind the actors. See more »Crazy Credits
At the end of the last scene, the words "The End" (and production companyand 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 »
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