In 1937, agents from the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War travel to the neutral UK to secure coal contracts and to undermine each other's efforts.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Charles Boyer | ... | Luis Denard | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Rose Cullen | |
| Katina Paxinou | ... | Mrs. Melandez | |
| Peter Lorre | ... | Contreras | |
| Victor Francen | ... | Licata | |
| George Coulouris | ... | Captain Currie | |
| Wanda Hendrix | ... | Else | |
| John Warburton | ... | Neil Forbes | |
| Holmes Herbert | ... | Lord Benditch | |
| Dan Seymour | ... | Mr. Muckerji | |
| George Zucco | ... | Detective Geddes | |
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Art Foster | ... | Chauffeur |
| Miles Mander | ... | Mr. Brigstock | |
| Lawrence Grant | ... | Lord Fetting | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Dr. Bellows | |
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During the Spanish Civil War, a republican courier travels to England to try and buy coal. He meets with an amount of local hostility, while his life is at risk from those on the fascist side. Support comes from an unlikely if attractive quarter. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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rebellion | damsel in distress | deception | double cross | held at gunpoint |Taglines:
She's back...and she's beautiful...and she's bowling over Boyer! (original poster) See more »Certificate:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 November 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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Luis Denard: It might be worth it - if he had the time.
Rose Cullen: He'd find the time - if he wasn't a fool.
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(uncredited)
Written by Ray Noble
Performed by Lynn Baggett at the road house
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This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Columbus Thursday 9 August 1956 on WTVN (Channel 6), in Tucson Saturday 18 August 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9), in Boston Friday 4 September 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Los Angeles Tuesday 9 October 1956 on KNXT (Channel 2), in Salt Lake City Monday 12 November 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Phoenix Thursday 22 November 1956 on KVAR (Channel 12). See more »Goofs
A "silencer" is shown being used on a revolver. Due to how a revolver is constructed silencers won't work on most of them. See more »Quotes
Rose Cullen: I have my points - if a man can stand the strain.Luis Denard: It might be worth it - if he had the time.
Rose Cullen: He'd find the time - if he wasn't a fool.
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Love Is the Sweetest Thing(uncredited)
Written by Ray Noble
Performed by Lynn Baggett at the road house
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An underrated addition to the Graham Greene cinematic canon - its perceived faults can now be seen as virtues. Director Shumlin, theatrical director, frames his action with an oppressive rigidity appropriate to the material, and the seemingly inept compositions compellingly suggest unease. Both a dark thriller and a story of moral regeneration (for the female character! In a 40s thriller!), the film has an upright hero who turns mad and murderous (and possibly paedophiliac), brilliantly brings the faraway ideologies of the Spanish Civil War into jolting dangerous reality, has one horrific murder, an astonishing insights into class and capitalism, clever theatrical metaphors, a rare approximation of Greene's God, and an ending that is only happy if you know nothing about history.