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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

98 min  -  Crime | Mystery | Drama  -   29 May 1963 (USA)
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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

Writers:

Anthony Veiller (screenplay), Philip MacDonald (based upon a story by)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Curtis ...
Cameo
Kirk Douglas ...
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
Burt Lancaster ...
Cameo
Robert Mitchum ...
Cameo
Frank Sinatra ...
Cameo
George C. Scott ...
Anthony Gethryn
Dana Wynter ...
Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm
Clive Brook Clive Brook ...
Marquis of Gleneyre
Gladys Cooper Gladys Cooper ...
Mrs. Karoudjian
Herbert Marshall Herbert Marshall ...
Sir Wilfrid Lucas
Jacques Roux Jacques Roux ...
Raoul Le Borg
John Merivale John Merivale ...
Adrian Messenger
Marcel Dalio Marcel Dalio ...
Max Karoudjian
Bernard Archard Bernard Archard ...
Insp. Pike
Tony Huston 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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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Die Totenliste See more »

Filming Locations:

County Wicklow, Ireland See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Joel Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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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 »

Quotes

Mrs. Karoudjian: During the war, my husband was... Swiss.
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are handwritten, appearing as if cut out of the
villain's notebook. Also during the credits, several faces of major and
minor characters float by. The makeup worn by Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster,
Frank Sinatra and Robert Mitchum always manages to be on screen with each
actors credit. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Immoral Mr. Phillips (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"A Wand'ring Minstrel, I"
from the operetta "The Mikado"
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Played by the orchestra as Tony Curtis removes his makeup See more »