Crossplot (1969)

Director:

Alvin Rakoff

Writers:

John Kruse (additional scenes & dialogue)
Leigh Vance (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 March 1970 (Sweden)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

He had to stop a murder - and someone had to stop him!

Plot:

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Beautiful Woman | Independent Film

Cast

Roger Moore	...	Gary Fenn
Martha Hyer	...	Jo Grinling
Alexis Kanner	...	Tarquin
Claudie Lange	...	Marla Kugash
Derek Francis	...	Sir Charles Moberley
Ursula Howells	...	Maggi Thwaites
Bernard Lee	...	Chilmore
Francis Matthews	...	Ruddock
Dudley Sutton	...	Warren
Mona Bruce	...	Myrna
Veronica Carlson	...	Dinah
Michael Culver	...	Jim
Gabrielle Drake	...	Celia
Tim Preece	...	Sebastian
Norman Eshley	...	Athol

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some nudity, drug content and brief violence. (2005 re-rating)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2006) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (2004)

Filming Locations:

Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Bamore

For Roger Moore fans only.

'Crossplot' was Roger Moore's first attempt to return to the big screen after seven years in television as Simon Templar. Unfortunately, it all went wrong. The budget of the film proved to be much too small as for an action picture. It was also too old-fashioned and in a way too much television-like since entire crew consisted of 'The Saint' personnel. The result is a movie which today can be only suggested for Roger Moore fans. I'm one of them and so I enjoyed watching the film really much. The acting is pretty good. Moore is doing good job, trying to eliminate as many elements for which he was recognizable as the Saint as it's possible, but still it feels a lot like another 'saintly' adventure. The script is very predictable and its only great moments are when Moore is let to show his light sense of humour and prove that he does really great in such genres as for instance the 'romantic comedy'. The opening sequence (my favourite) is very much like if it was taken from all those 'lovely' Cary Grant movies from the 50s, with Moore at his best, having fun while playing a sort of a less distinguished Brett Sinclair. The film's weakness seems to be that it's not sure if it's a serious thriller, action picture or maybe a comedy. There are too many 'romantic' and 'funny' moments in it as for a true action film but on the other hand 'Crossplot's' script seems to be seriously dramatized since at least three people are to die during the film. Hm, not the best thing, but still worth seeing for Roger Moore fans.