Blindfold (1965)

A New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by certain foreign powers.

Director:

Philip Dunne

Writers:

Philip Dunne (screenplay), W.H. Menger (screenplay)

Stars:

Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rock Hudson	...	Dr. Bartholomew Snow
Claudia Cardinale	...	Vicky Vincenti
Jack Warden	...	General Prat
Guy Stockwell	...	James Fitzpatrick
Brad Dexter	...	Detective Harrigan
Anne Seymour	...	Smitty
Alejandro Rey	...	Arthur Vincenti
Hari Rhodes	...	Captain Davis
Vito Scotti	...	Michaelangelo Vincenti
Angela Clarke	...	Lavinia Vincenti
John Megna	...	Mario Vincenti
Paul Comi	...	Barker
Ned Glass	...	Lippy
Mort Mills	...	Homburg
Jack De Mave	...	Homburg

Storyline

Dr. Bartholomew Snow, a psychiatrist, is treating a man with emotional problems who, it turns out, is a brilliant scientist being pursued by different international powers and their operatives. Snow soon finds himself caught in the middle and out of desperation, he falls in with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Vicky Vincenti. But is she helping him, or is she yet another sinister figure out to manipulate him?

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Plot Keywords:

espionage | psychiatrist | cold war | henchman | violence | 

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Taglines:

Sinister surprises lurk in the dark.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

After being kidnapped and blindfolded, Rock Hudson (I) is driven past a lake with a gaggle of geese nearby. He later thinks this was the sound of the guests at a cocktail party--until he retraces his route and discovers the actual source of the sounds. This idea was borrowed by the producers of Sneakers (1992) when Robert Redford (I) is kidnapped, blindfolded and also thinks the sound of the geese he passed while blindfolded were people at a cocktail party.

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Goofs

Vicky drives the van into a lake thinking it's not deep, she steps out and is up to her neck in water. Bartholomew jumps out and the water is up to his armpits. Seeing a boy approaching he scrambles up the bank and runs to the boy but now only his sleeves and chest look wet. Vicky comes up behind him and there's no water dripping off her. After speaking to the boy they turn and run past the camera and you can see that they're now both dry.

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Connections

Featured in Stars of the Silver Screen: Claudia Cardinale (2016)

User Reviews

harder to do then it looks

This thriller/comedy never reaches great heights but is solidly entertaining throughout and that is more of an achievement then one might give it credit for. To be sure, the plot elements and romantic element of two people who can't stand each other for most of the film but eventually fall in love has been done a million times before in various films over the years.

But usually, films containing these elements come across as hackneyed, tiresome and dreary in some shape or form but Blindfold never feels like that and is consistently good fun throughout its journey. Credit for that must go to Hudson and Cardinale who work well as a team and Hudson is especially effective in the film's more comic moments. Jack Warden is reliably effective in his supporting role.

While Blindfold is no classic on any level the solid entertainment it provides is something Hollywood consistently struggles to achieve to this day in films created for that purpose.

If you want to see a really bad example of this genre, see the abysmal pseudo-hip caper comedy A Fine Pair starring Hudson and Cardinale again which is a disaster on all levels.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

23 December 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blindfold

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

7 Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1