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.
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| Rod Taylor | ... | Scobie Malone | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Sir James Quentin | |
| Lilli Palmer | ... | Sheila Quentin | |
| Camilla Sparv | ... | Lisa Pretorius | |
| Daliah Lavi | ... | Maria Cholon | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Joseph | |
| Lee Montague | ... | Denzil | |
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | Jamaica | |
| Derren Nesbitt | ... | Pallain | |
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Edric Connor | ... | Julius |
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Paul Grist | ... | Coburn |
| Burt Kwouk | ... | Pham Chinh | |
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Russell Napier | ... | Leeds |
| Ken Wayne | ... | Ferguson | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Jacko (as Charles Tingwell) | |
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Rod Taylor plays a policeman sent to return a sensitive case; An Australian citizen, currently acting as high commissioner for peace talks who is wanted for an old charge -- of murder. The talks are too sensitive to be disturbed, so Taylor ends up watching Christopher Plummer as he conducts his talks, and discovers that some want the talks to fail enough to think that killing Plummer is an obvious way to stop them. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 August 1968 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
The High Commissioner See more »Filming Locations:
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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The Rank Organisation, Katzka-Berne Productions, American Broadcasting Company (ABC) See more »
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Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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This picture is known under two titles in English speaking territories: 'Nobody Runs Forever' and 'The High Commissioner'. The film has been released in a number of territories at different times under both titles. Originally, the film was debuted under 'Nobody Runs Forever' when launching in England in September 1968, but the picture was re-titled 'The High Commissioner' when released in the USA in December 1968. See more »Goofs
During the discussion with the police after the shooting, the gun barrel is protruding from the camera lens on some shots but not on others. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This gets off to a cracking start with Rod Taylor's no-nonsense outback cop, Scobie Malone, engaged by the New South Wales premier - played by an oddly uncredited Leo McKern - to arrest Australia's High Commissioner in London, a former political rival, accused of murdering a former wife.
The stage is set for a taut political thriller, but once Malone reaches London the tension gradually dissipates as he finds himself acting as Commissioner Christopher Plummer's bodyguard in a meandering cold war plot involving a peace conference and assassination attempts. The sort of thing you could see regularly in second-rate episodes of the likes of The Saint or Jason King back in the day. Hard to figure how the Calvin Lockhart character fitted in, nor Franchot Tone in his final film, in a brief cameo as an ambassador confined to bed. Among the baddies are the familiar faces of Burt Kwouk and Derren Nesbitt, the latter with hardly a word of dialogue.
True, Rod Taylor is very good in the lead, and it was a shame he was never given another chance to reprise the character. Plummer and Lilli Palmer are convincing under the circumstances, Camilla Sparv and Daliah Lavi provide plenty of glamour and there's a fitting score from Georges Delerue, but all these hardly compensate for what seems a missed opportunity.