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Innocent Bystanders

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
317
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POPULARITY
51,852
3,966
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
ActionAdventureCrime
Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and dec... Read allExperienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
317
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
51,852
3,966
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    • Director
      • Peter Collinson
    • Writer
      • James Mitchell(novel)
    • Stars
      • Stanley Baker
      • Geraldine Chaplin
      • Donald Pleasence
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Peter Collinson
    • Writer
      • James Mitchell(novel)
    • Stars
      • Stanley Baker
      • Geraldine Chaplin
      • Donald Pleasence
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    • 5User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Warren Mitchell in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Warren Mitchell in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Cec Linder in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Donald Pleasence and Dana Andrews in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Donald Pleasence and Dana Andrews in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Geraldine Chaplin, Sue Lloyd, and Derren Nesbitt in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Geraldine Chaplin, Sue Lloyd, and Derren Nesbitt in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Stanley Baker in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Dana Andrews and Stanley Baker in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Stanley Baker in Innocent Bystanders (1972)
    Stanley Baker in Innocent Bystanders (1972)

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    Stanley Baker
    Stanley Baker
    • John Craig
    Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Chaplin
    • Miriam Loman
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Loomis
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Blake
    Sue Lloyd
    Sue Lloyd
    • Joanna Benson
    Derren Nesbitt
    Derren Nesbitt
    • Andrew Royce
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
    • Aaron Kaplan
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Omar
    Cec Linder
    Cec Linder
    • Mankowitz
    Howard Goorney
    • Zimmer
    J.G. Devlin
    J.G. Devlin
    • Waiter
    Ferdy Mayne
    Ferdy Mayne
    • Marcus Kaplan
    Clifton Jones
    Clifton Jones
    • Hetherton
    John Collin
    John Collin
    • Asimov
    Aharon Ipalé
    Aharon Ipalé
    • Gabrilovitch
    Yuri Borienko
    • Guard
    Tom Bowman
    • Guard
    Cliff Diggins
    • Harry Bigelow
    • Director
      • Peter Collinson
    • Writer
      • James Mitchell(novel) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The film is an adaptation of the final novel in the quartet that James Mitchell wrote under the pseudonym James Munro, all featuring Department K's John Craig. They are: "The Man Who Sold Death" (1964), "Die Rich, Die Happy" (1965), "The Money That Money Can't Buy" (1967) and "The Innocent Bystanders" (1969).
    • Quotes

      Blake: How are you, Loomis?

      Loomis: Blake. Good to see you. Can I get you something?

      Blake: [tentatively] Could I have a dry Martini?

      Loomis: [deadpan] I shouldn't think so.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      What Makes the Man?
      Music by Johnny Keating (as John Keating)

      Lyrics written by Norman 'Hurricane' Smith

      Performed by Norman 'Hurricane' Smith

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    Top review
    6/10
    A loss leader Bashi Bazook
    I think Stanley Baker was starting to show some of the ravages of the cancer that eventually killed him. Still as always he's tough as nails starring in Innocent Bystanders.

    Baker stars as a compromised spy who spymaster Donald Pleasance feels will crack under the pressure. So he sends him out as a sort of decoy while a couple of other agents are to do the real assignment which is getting a hold of a defecting Russian scientist who has escaped from a Siberian gulag and is now in Turkey somewhere.

    Of course when Baker finds out he's a British version of a Bashi- Bazook, expendable troops you put in the front line expecting them to be killed, he doesn't take it kindly and goes into business for himself. Along the way Baker acquires Geraldine Chaplin who is in the title role of the Innocent Bystander.

    I'm told in the book that Innocent Bystander the lead character does have the exaggerated mustache that Baker sports. I really can't buy that since part of espionage is the ability to blend into the background.

    Pleasance who is always in his films having evil intent is no different here. Dana Andrews makes an appearance here as the American spy chief who has contracted out this assignment.

    As it turns out there are others who want the scientist for more than matters of geopolitics.

    Fans of Stanley Baker will like Innocent Bystanders.
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    • Release date
      • October 12, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Wer zuletzt lebt, lebt am besten
    • Filming locations
      • Pall Mall, St James's, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Sagittarius Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $314,170
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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