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23 August 1971 (Norway) morePlot Keywords:
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Not bad, not bad, not good enough. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Philip Calvert |
 | Robert Morley | ... | Uncle Arthur |
| Nathalie Delon | ... | Charlotte |
| Jack Hawkins | ... | Sir Anthony Skouras |
| Corin Redgrave | ... | Hunslett |
| Derek Bond | ... | Lord Charnley |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | Lavorski |
 | Maurice Roëves | ... | Helicopter Pilot |
| Leon Collins | ... | Tim Hutchinson |
| Wendy Allnutt | ... | Sue Kirkside |
| Peter Arne | ... | Imrie |
| Oliver MacGreevy | ... | Quinn (as Oliver Macgreevy) |
| Jon Croft | ... | Durran |
| Tom Chatto | ... | Lord Kirkside |
| Charlie Stewart | ... | Sgt. Macdonald |
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Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1971) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1990) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:GPFun Stuff
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Revealing mistakes: When gunmen shoot at a helicopter which is supposedly crashing, the smoke disappears into their guns. This shows the film was run backwards and the helicopter was taking off. In the film's trailer (available with the DVD) the shot is run correctly. moreQuotes:
[Calvert comes in covered in mud and blood, having been beaten up]Hunslett: What happened to you?
Philip Calvert: I met a wild gypsy girl in the heather.
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A not bad interpretation of an interesting book by thriller writer Alistair Maclean, who has also written the screenplay in this instance. If this adaptation has anything going for it, it must surely be that it at least attempts to keep to the essential essence of the original novel, which was quite a page-turner. So many adaptations based on books by Maclean have been apparently destroyed in the writing or re-writing stage that little sense remains of the original concept. The thrill is often removed from the thriller. The essence of these books have often been hacked to pieces in an attempt to transform them into something cinematic. When things go wrong, it´s Maclean´s name that gets dragged through the mud!. Were this film to be made today, I believe it could be made much better, but still, it is an enjoyable romp made more enjoyable by the pairing of Anthony Hopkins with the luscious Nathalie Delon. Recommended.