The Traitor

19571957
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1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

277

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Drama History Mystery

Survivors of the World War 2 German Resistance Group attend an annual reunion at an English country house. The reunion is hosted by Colonel Price, who intends to find out which guest had bet... Read allSurvivors of the World War 2 German Resistance Group attend an annual reunion at an English country house. The reunion is hosted by Colonel Price, who intends to find out which guest had betrayed their leader.Survivors of the World War 2 German Resistance Group attend an annual reunion at an English country house. The reunion is hosted by Colonel Price, who intends to find out which guest had betrayed their leader.

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

277

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Gilbert Gunn(uncredited)
- Michael McCarthy
Writers
- Michael McCarthy(original story)
- Nicole Chavers Stratton
- Brennan Klensch
Stars

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Trivia
Completed in June 1956, but not released in the U.S. until 1958.

Goofs
When Shane is speaking to Col. Price, Shane puts a spoon into his coffee cup as seen from a side angle. When shown from the front, Shane is holding the handle of the cup and the spoon is not in it. When the angle switches back to the side shot, the spoon is again in the coffee cup.

Soundtracks
Prelude Without a Name
Written and Conducted by Jackie Brown
Solo Pianist Dennis Wilson

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2/10

Unbelievably boring!

You would think with a plot like you'd have in "The Accursed" that the film would be exciting. However, I found it to be a boring, talky mess.

When the film begins, there's a reunion of WWII resistance fighters. However, it seems that several folks aren't there this year and it appears as if someone is killing them! Perhaps one of them is really an old Nazi taking out their vengeance on the group. A nice setup, huh? Well, this all comes out in the first few minutes of the film...what follows are a bunch of folks in an old house...and a US military man who shows up and talks and talks and talks trying to piece together what's happening.

Had the film been able to unfold OUTSIDE the room and there had been far less talking, it would have been a good film. But you don't SEE any of the action and the result is just claustrophobic and boring....very, very boring despite fine actors like Christopher Lee and Anton Diffring being in the movie.

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