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Writers:
Alfred Hayes (writer)
Henry Maxfield (novel)
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Release Date:
1 May 1968 (USA) more
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Plot:
In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own. full summary | add synopsis
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A long forgotten film more (5 total)

Cast

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Yul Brynner ... Dan Slater / Kalmar

Britt Ekland ... Gina
Clive Revill ... Frank Wheatley
Anton Diffring ... Berthold
Moira Lister ... Mrs. Carrington
Lloyd Nolan ... Edwards
George Mikell ... Max

Brandon Brady ... Gregori
Julia Arnall ... Anna
David Bauer ... Miller
Ronald Radd ... General
Kenneth J. Warren ... Police Chief
David Healy ... Halstead
Carl Jaffe ... Police Surgeon
Douglas Muir ... Wilfred
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Runtime:
105 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2005) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | UK:U (original rating) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:PG
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Britt Ekland worked 10 weeks. more

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A long forgotten film, 8 March 2007
6/10
Author: Marco Trevisiol from Melbourne, Australia

Passable spy thriller that's a disappointment considering the talent on display. While it isn't a dud, there's nothing particularly outstanding about it and it emerges as a fairly routine and forgettable film.

There are some enjoyable aspects to the film however. I admired Yul Brynner for delivering a lead character that was so uncompromising, cold and ruthless – while he was hardly an admirable hero he was believable and convincing and therefore more interesting as a character. I'm sure if this film were made today the character would've had some more 'likable' elements inserted into him during the film.

The weakest aspect is Ernie Freeman's dreadful score – cornball and overdone, regularly undermining the potential suspense in key scenes.

For mine, while the film itself isn't particularly noteworthy, in a broader context it has a curious interest. Despite being made by a major studio, having a major star and a director who delivered many top-notch films in this period (especially a certain ape film made the same year), it didn't make much impact at the time and is totally forgotten today, even for a film made four decades ago. Why is this? I actually think it would be much more remembered if it had been filmed as a flashy, goofy spy film that is now considered to be representative of late 1960s film style and culture – the likes of which were spoofed in the Austin Powers films. For example, while imo 'In Like Flint' is a dreadful film, clearly inferior to TDM, because of its glossy and spoofy style I can see how its much more remembered and referenced today.

Of course, TDM could've still been remembered on the basis of sheer quality but apart from Brynner's performance, it just doesn't have enough of it.

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