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Overview

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5.7/10   447 votes
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Director:
Etienne Périer
Writer:
Alistair MacLean (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 August 1971 (Norway) more
User Comments:
Not bad, not bad, not good enough. more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Alistair Maclean's When Eight Bells Toll (UK) (complete title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1971) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1990) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:GP

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
[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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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad, not bad, not good enough., 31 January 2002
7/10
Author: doire from stockholm, sweden

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.

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