The Sicilians (1963)

An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.

Director:

Ernest Morris

Writers:

Reginald Hearne, Ronald Liles

Stars:

Robert Hutton, Reginald Marsh, Ursula Howells

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Hutton	...	Calvin Adams
Reginald Marsh	...	Inspector Webb
Ursula Howells	...	Mme. Perrault
Alex Scott	...	Henri Perrault
Susan Denny	...	Carole Linden
Robert Ayres	...	Angelo Di Marco
Eric Pohlmann	...	Inspector Bressin
Patricia Hayes	...	Plane passenger
Warren Mitchell	...	O'Leary
Murray Kash	...	George Baxter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Balfour	...	Stage door keeper
Ralph Ball	...	Constable
Richard Caldicot	...	Police Commissioner
Larry Cross	...	Journalist
Ivor Dean	...	Burford

Storyline

An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | independent film | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Butcher's Film Service

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Wigwam
(Dance Number)
Composed by Johnny Hawksworth (as Johnny Hawksworth)

User Reviews

Interesting, no more

I searched for this film since a little while. A UK thriller from the early sixties and directed by Ernest Morris, a rather good filmmaker who already gave us many movies, noir, for the most of them.

But I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by this feature. A little. It begins with an opening scene and credits set in Paris - with a beautiful frenchie accordion soundtrack, and the next second we see the port of New York, and Manhattan in background. I found this something weird. Surprising. And the sequence after, in the court room, with the guy asked to testify against the mob - the mafia - I suddenly thought of a sort of HAIL MAFIA, directed by Raoul Levy. It began in the same way, as far as I remember.

Unfortunately, the following of this film is rather flat, tepid, very talkative. But the overall atmosphere is quite entertaining: score, photography, acting, everything. Except the lack of action...

Worth seeing although.