The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Ernest Blyth
- Army Officer
- (uncredited)
Roger Delgado
- Ahmed Ben FaÃfffÃf'Ã'¯d
- (uncredited)
Norman Fisher
- Bishop
- (uncredited)
James Mossman
- Self
- (uncredited)
David Nettheim
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThis film was originally planned as a vehicle for Rex Harrison. After some false starts, it was eventually decided that Jack Hawkins should have an American co-star to play the role of "Fraser"; this necessitated extensive script re-writing. Cliff Robertson agreed to play the part, but insisted on an American writer to do the rewrite. He called in the novelist William Goldman, whom he had previously hired to write a film script based on the science-fiction novel "Flowers For Algernon", by Daniel Keyes. Goldman got his first film writing credit on "Masquerade", but when Robertson finally got to make the "Flowers For Algernon" film (renamed "Charly", in 1968), another screenplay, by Stirling Silliphant, was used.
- GoofsAs Frazer is being taken to Madrid, their Rolls Royce is forced off the road by the "smugglers". When the driver of the Rolls climbs from the wrecked car he draws his gun, but one of the criminals throws a knife & kills him. Instead of a fake knife throw, the actor actually throws the knife, but he throws high over the driver's head. The driver reacts out of fear by ducking his head forward. Then as the scene cuts, the knife is in the driver's chest & his head is leaning back.
- Quotes
Prince Jamil: [showing the book he's been reading - "Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming] Rather far-fetched, wouldn't you say?
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"Cheer up, fellow failure!"
The title and its introductory headline tells the whole story: everyone here is a fake, and the only innocent ones are stupid enough not to see them through but to just follow their tricks like sheep into a slaughterhouse. Although the dialog to start with is excellent, but the intrigue is constantly getting weaker and cheaper, almost like turning into a bad James Bond copy yarn of tiresome exertions. The intrigue starts to falter when the lady enters the plot and the agent doesn't see what should have been obvious from the start: if there is anyone you cannot trust in a political thriller game, it's an acting woman. That's elementary. The circus people turn out to be surprisingly honest after all, and it's a pity that Tutte Lermkow had to be shot. Michel Piccoli delivers the ultimate comment to the dirty business: "I hope they all kill each other." At least they try, but they all turn out more or less professional failures.
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- clanciai
- Oct 15, 2021
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- Agenten lassen bitten
- Filming locations
- Villajoyosa, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain(Casco Antiguo)
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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