A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
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| Kirk Douglas | ... | Jim Schuyler | |
| Sylva Koscina | ... | Rena Westabrook | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | Tennessee Fredericks | |
| Kenneth Haigh | ... | Jonathan Fleming | |
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Martyn Green | ... | Finchley |
| Sharon Farrell | ... | Carol | |
| Ruth White | ... | Biddy, Cook | |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Fuller | |
| Ralph Waite | ... | Sean Magruder | |
| Meg Myles | ... | Mrs. Magruder | |
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William Roerick | ... | Loren Westabrook |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Layton | |
| Dolph Sweet | ... | Captain Haver | |
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Dee Victor | ... | Mrs. Gordon |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | Daley | |
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A womanizing policeman with a tendency for violent arrests quits the department rather than face an inquiry. He is recruited by a defense lawyer to assist with the murder trial of a young beautiful foreign widow whose older rich husband was killed. The wife and her playboy boyfriend are the defendants and the ex-cop is assigned to check out their alibi including a dubious witness. There is a larger criminal conspiracy underway and the relationship of the suspect and her husband and his murder get swept up in the cover up of the real crime. Written by prairiekid
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19 April 1968 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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The criminal gang has weeks to get their theft together and have already emptied the victim's bank account of millions and yet when Kirk shows up at the end the members are rushing to leave carrying a silver teapot and other artifacts in their hands out of the house to their car. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Cheesy does not even begin to describe it. Some of the most wooden acting and clunkiest dialogue I have ever experienced. It's actually like a Carry On film without the laughs. Not that Kirk Douglas has a cast-iron reputation as a discerning, talented actor, but his appearance in this is just embarrassing. Likewise Eli Wallach. Then there's this plinky-plonky music running along through many scenes, often totally at odds with the mood and images images it accompanies. Add to this some very weird editing and timing. People laugh (at things that are not remotely funny) or respond to things that are said a second too late. And I know it's of its time etc., but the women in the film are all such bimbos and doormats that even I as a man found it offensive at times. Not even "so bad it's good". Just brutal.