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The High Commissioner

Original title: Nobody Runs Forever
  • 19681968
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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The High Commissioner (1968)
  • Action
  • Drama
  • Thriller
An Australian outback police detective is sent on a special assignment to the UK, to return an Australian citizen accused of murder. Only this is not an ordinary man, he is a UN high commiss... Read allAn Australian outback police detective is sent on a special assignment to the UK, to return an Australian citizen accused of murder. Only this is not an ordinary man, he is a UN high commissioner for peace talks taking place in London.An Australian outback police detective is sent on a special assignment to the UK, to return an Australian citizen accused of murder. Only this is not an ordinary man, he is a UN high commissioner for peace talks taking place in London.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
678
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  • Director
    • Ralph Thomas
  • Writers
    • Jon Cleary(novel "The High Commissioner")
    • Wilfred Greatorex(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Rod Taylor
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Lilli Palmer
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ralph Thomas
  • Writers
    • Jon Cleary(novel "The High Commissioner")
    • Wilfred Greatorex(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Rod Taylor
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Lilli Palmer
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    • 17User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Christopher Plummer and Rod Taylor in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Rod Taylor in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Lilli Palmer in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Rod Taylor in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Camilla Sparv in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Christopher Plummer and Daliah Lavi in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Daliah Lavi in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Christopher Plummer in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Camilla Sparv in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Daliah Lavi in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Rod Taylor and Daliah Lavi in The High Commissioner (1968)
    Camilla Sparv in The High Commissioner (1968)

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    Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    • Scobie Maloneas Scobie Malone
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Sir James Quentinas Sir James Quentin
    Lilli Palmer
    Lilli Palmer
    • Sheila Quentinas Sheila Quentin
    Camilla Sparv
    Camilla Sparv
    • Lisa Pretoriusas Lisa Pretorius
    Daliah Lavi
    Daliah Lavi
    • Maria Cholonas Maria Cholon
    Clive Revill
    Clive Revill
    • Josephas Joseph
    Lee Montague
    Lee Montague
    • Denzilas Denzil
    Calvin Lockhart
    Calvin Lockhart
    • Jamaicaas Jamaica
    Derren Nesbitt
    Derren Nesbitt
    • Pallainas Pallain
    Edric Connor
    • Juliusas Julius
    Paul Grist
    • Coburnas Coburn
    Burt Kwouk
    Burt Kwouk
    • Pham Chinhas Pham Chinh
    Russell Napier
    Russell Napier
    • Leedsas Leeds
    Ken Wayne
    Ken Wayne
    • Fergusonas Ferguson
    Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
    Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
    • Jackoas Jacko
    • (as Charles Tingwell)
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Ambassador Townsendas Ambassador Townsend
    Lewis Alexander
    • Wimbledon Tennis Spectatoras Wimbledon Tennis Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Andrew Andreas
    • Waiteras Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ralph Thomas
    • Writers
      • Jon Cleary(novel "The High Commissioner")
      • Wilfred Greatorex(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The last film of Franchot Tone.
    • Goofs
      During the interview between the NSW Premier (McKern) and Malone (Taylor) the date of The Corliss Murder is stated as April 28th 1951. When Malone serves the warrant on the High Commissioner (Plummer) he reads the date from the warrant as "on the 2nd.....".
    • Connections
      Referenced in Rod Taylor: Return to Oz (2005)

    User reviews17

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    6/10
    Sabotaging the Peace Talks
    The High Commissioner finds Rod Taylor playing as is native Australian for once on screen. He's an Australian cop who is pulled off regular duty by the Prime Minister of New South Wales played by Leo McKern and asked to arrest the Australian High Commissioner in London on an old charge of murder. The High Commissioner is Christopher Plummer and the victim was his first wife who died under mysterious circumstances.

    It's pretty obvious to Taylor that McKern has a political agenda and Plummer is an old rival of his. Even though this extradition seems to stink on ice, Taylor does have a job to do.

    Once in London there is an attempt on Plummer's life that Taylor foils and Plummer is involved in some high level negotiations with non-aligned countries that someone doesn't want to succeed. We're left pretty much in the dark as to exactly who so our imaginations can run the gamut from the Communists to some Ian Fleming type entity like SPECTRE.

    The women in this film are something to see. Plummer has a devoted second wife in Lilli Palmer who would do anything to see her husband succeed, ditto his embassy secretary Carmilla Sparv. The bad girl here in the story is alluring and mysterious Daliah Lavi who runs a gambling house in London. A lot of secrets are traded here as this seems to be a kind of neutral ground in the Cold War. Lavi was one of the sexiest women of her time back in the day and she's enough to lure people back from the dead.

    This film with a brief appearance in a hospital bed from Franchot Tone was his farewell role. This could have been a real hospital bed because Tone didn't look too good. A sad farewell to one of the screen's most debonair players who was always fighting for roles to display his acting rather than good looks and sense of style.

    One other role that does have a sense of style involved is that of Plummer's butler Clive Revill. He finds Taylor's Aussie ways somewhat uncouth, but Revill has more to him than a sense of manners.

    The High Commissioner although somewhat murky is a fast moving action flick with a surprise ending and yes as another reviewer says, similar to Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 30, 1968 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nitko ne moze pobjeci
    • Filming locations
      • Wimbledon, London, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • The Rank Organisation
      • Katzka-Berne Productions
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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