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24 December 1968 (USA)
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Bad accents, poor sets, and clumsy direction help to derail dark-hued comedy-drama...
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(Credited cast) | Shirley Booth | ... | Mrs. Hudson |
| Rico Cattani | ... | Sergeant Rossi |
| Edward Colmans | ... | Italian Hotel Clerk |
| Charles Drake | ... | Harry Miller |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | Inspector Cesare Brunelli |
| Gino Gottarelli | ... | Waiter |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | ... | Adrianna |
| John Indrisano | ... | Freight Agent |
| Kurt Kasznar | ... | Willi Raben |
| Carol Lynley | ... | Jo Hudson |
| Ralph Manza | ... | Batisto |
| David Opatoshu | ... | Alfredo Faggio |
 | Michael J. Pollard | ... | Piero |
| Donnelly Rhodes | ... | Antoine Cirret |
| Albert Szabo | ... | Anton |
| George Tyne | ... | Customs Official |
| Ilka Windish | ... | Anna |
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97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Poorly written and directed TV-movie from Universal has blissfully naïve American tourist Shirley Booth agreeing to 'smuggle' a religious statue over the Italian border from Austria for a charming man she's befriended at the inn; incredulous step-daughter Carol Lynley fears the mysterious crate contains drugs, while French detective Donnelly Rhodes suspects contraband arms. Mixture of lighthearted folly and macabre elements really needed a graceful, nimble touch to come off, yet this thing is far too heavy and flat to be much fun. Michael J. Pollard turns up as an Italian half-wit with a homicidal streak; his accent seems picked up from a local Italian restaurant--and he's nothing compared to Rhodes' quasi-Frenchman (with wiggly eyebrows!). Intended, I'm sure, to be a pleasant whiff of an entertainment designed as a showcase for Booth's joie de vivre (which is reminiscent of Thelma Ritter's in her later period). Shirley is indeed colorful and hammy, but this below-average script plays like a failed TV pilot (and one chock full of European stereotypes). The darker, meaner overtures are interesting, but do not work in this la-di-da context, while Lynley passes the time rolling her eyes and making exaggerated faces. "The Smugglers" is harmless after all, which may be one reason why it has all but been forgotten.