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L - Der Lautlose

Originaltitel: The Liquidator
  • 1965
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 45 Min.
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L - Der Lautlose (1965)
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SpyActionComedyCrimeThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuColonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.

  • Regie
    • Jack Cardiff
  • Drehbuch
    • John Gardner
    • Peter Yeldham
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Rod Taylor
    • Trevor Howard
    • Jill St. John
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    • Regie
      • Jack Cardiff
    • Drehbuch
      • John Gardner
      • Peter Yeldham
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Rod Taylor
      • Trevor Howard
      • Jill St. John
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    Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    • Boysie Oakes
    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • Colonel Mostyn
    Jill St. John
    Jill St. John
    • Iris MacIntosh
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    • The Chief
    • (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
    David Tomlinson
    David Tomlinson
    • Quadrant
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Sheriek
    Eric Sykes
    Eric Sykes
    • Griffen
    Gabriella Licudi
    Gabriella Licudi
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    John Le Mesurier
    John Le Mesurier
    • Chekhov
    Derek Nimmo
    • Fly
    Jeremy Lloyd
    Jeremy Lloyd
    • Male Secretary
    Jennifer Jayne
    Jennifer Jayne
    • Janice Benedict
    Heller Toren
    • Benedict's Assistant
    Betty McDowall
    Betty McDowall
    • Frances Anne Chandler
    Jo Rowbottom
    • Betty
    Colin Gordon
    Colin Gordon
    • Vicar
    Louise Dunn
    Louise Dunn
    • Jessie
    Henri Cogan
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      • Jack Cardiff
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      • Peter Yeldham
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    6bkoganbing

    Taylor knows the perks and he subcontracts the work

    Unfortunately his back was turned when Trevor Howard was helped out of a bad jackpot during the liberation of Paris by Rod Taylor. If he had actually seen just how Taylor saved his life, he might never have thought of him as a perfect candidate for being The Liquidator.

    It's what British Secret Service needs as Wilfrid Hyde-White tells his number 2 who is now Howard and 20 years later after the end of World War II. At that time the British government was getting embarrassed routinely with the number of defections and the number of spies caught. The answer is forget those democratic trivialities like due process. When you have a suspect, just shoot them, no questions asked. And Howard thinks is wartime savior is the perfect candidate for the job.

    Not that Taylor is all that hip to the idea. He's a bar owner in some rural part of the United Kingdom. But he reads those James Bond novels and sees those movies and he knows what perks come with being an operator. Certainly Howard knows them too and he provides generously even overlooking the fact that his secretary Jill St. John is being tapped by Taylor.

    Taylor finds an interesting way of subcontracting the work which I won't go into. But in the end he finds he's being beautifully set up for a major score by the other side. If the bad guys succeed the United Kingdom will really learn what embarrassment is all about.

    In the James Bond tradition with title song sung by Shirley Bassey, The Liquidator is an amusing spy spoof. Howard does a nasty slow burn in the tradition of Edgar Kennedy. Jill St. John who is also a Bond girl in good standing is just as beautiful with a role a lot more substantive.

    Folks who like the espionage genre should like The Liquidator.
    8sataft-2

    One of the Funniest Cold War Fare from the 1960's

    One reviewer here wrote that this film was a poor excursion for the lead actor, Rod Taylor. I do honestly believe it to be one of his best comedy outings in his career. True, the film does lag a bit about two thirds of the way through, but its premise is solid.

    One simply has to regard the film in the light of the the times it represents; which is the social environment of the late 1940's to the mid 1970's when the Cold War eventually ended. And one has to have some sense of how the Cold War era was, in itself, an exercise in the futility of bringing a major war to an end on a slow boil.

    Therefore, I regard such claims as it not being humorous, or a lame attempt at such, being the inability of someone too young to have experienced the times.

    Keep in mind that my generation (born in 1939) participated in 'take-cover' drills in our elementary classrooms, as serious protection from a nuclear bomb blast.

    When given the signal, we kids were instructed to dive under our classroom desks, and to cover our heads with our hands until the all clear was given.

    In reality, if the bomb was indeed dropped anywhere nearby, all 'take -cover would have accomplished was to yield - all gone! Yes, it was taken seriously by just about everyone.

    Knowing this, it is easily understood why actual spy agencies on our side, and behind the Iron Curtain countries actually generated such extremes as history reveals of this era - as serious exercises.

    Knowing this, simply sit back, relax your serious muscles, expose your humor muscles and enjoy this delightful film in the vein it was intended.
    8Ed-Shullivan

    You will have to see it yourself to appreciate Rod Taylor's versatile talent

    Okay, so The Liquidator could be described by purist fans of the James Bond franchise collection as a compliment to the previous years 1964 release of James Bond's "Goldfinger" right down to having the classy Shirley Bassey singing the introduction score of both films as only Shirley Bassey can.

    But The Liquidator does more than an admirable job of standing the test of time over the past 52 years such that Rod Taylor and Jill St. John's performances should always be remembered for being the feature stars of this tongue in cheek ode to the spy genre.

    I really enjoyed it and I will be sure to be purchasing a copy of this grand action and fun filled film for my personal viewing pleasure so that I don't have to wait a few more years for TCM to re-run a series of all the Rod Taylor classic films that were box office successes.

    Rod Taylor plays something of a combination of a poor man's James Bond who enjoys romancing a variety of beautiful women and even a funnier man's Inspector Clouseau with both charm and candor and a whole lot of gullibility. This film provides for fans of Rod Taylor why this Australian born actor could not be stereotyped as just a leading man, or as a dramatic actor in suspenseful roles as in THE BIRDS, or as a captain of a spaceship or as a cowboy. No, Rod Taylor is much like a chameleon who can change color or acting style as the film requires of him.

    Ann-Margret also does an excellent job playing Iris MacIntosh, the administrative assistant to the Colonel Mostyn, played by Trevor Howard. The film is filled to the brim and overflowing with plot, romance, action and most importantly much humor and wit by Rod Taylor.

    I liked The Liquidator and I believe you will too. I give this 52 year old film a very strong 8 out of 10 rating and I for one will be sure to be watching it again as this spy genre spoof has held up very well thank you.
    7Hugorelly

    More Fun Than Casino Royale!

    All the elements seem to be in place to make The Liquidator a success: a witty script, a strong cast, an over-the-top Shirley Bassey theme song, crisp cinematography in glorious 1960s Technicolor. But having said that, the whole package doesn't quite come off.

    The basic idea is a clever one: to take the familiar secret agent movie premise and subvert it by making the central character a reluctant assassin who "wouldn't hurt a fly". The problem is, Rod Taylor is just too "straight" for the role. Like the Royal Air Force's new top secret spy plane, Taylor often seems to be running on automatic pilot.

    The comic elements here should have been exploited for much greater effect. Comparisons with Connery's James Bond are wide of the mark, since this film does not aspire to match the serious thrill quotient of a Bond movie. But it does contain some delicious irony, and a couple of neat twists that even surpass the usual formula at times.

    The scene in which Taylor, imprisoned in a cellar with his captor's floozy, is openly encouraged to escape, is neatly handled - until the poor girl is needlessly gunned down by another member of the gang to "silence" her. This provokes a cliff-top chase that culminates in a dangling moment of rare high tension, evoking the original Italian Job.

    Younger fans of the Austin Powers series may enjoy seeing what actual swinging '60s films were really like. But where Mike Myers' films take the tiniest germ of a funny idea and magnify it over and over, The Liquidator does the reverse: a potentially promising humorous situation tends just to be left hanging in the air.

    For connoisseurs of British pictures of the period, there are little treats on offer too, in the appearance of familiar faces like Trevor Howard, Eric Sykes, Wilfred Hyde White and Richard Wattis - although again, their talent is mostly wasted. The delightful Jill St. John (who would go on to do the "real thing" in Diamonds Are Forever) is eminently watchable throughout, and her performance raises the whole tone; indeed she and Howard are the best things on view here.

    Overall then, whilst The Liquidator is certainly an enjoyable film, with the right leading actor, or perhaps a director with a keener eye for comic possibilities, it could have been a much funnier romp through contemporary spy film clichés. So while it must go down as something of a missed opportunity, for me it's better fun than Casino Royale - either the new version or the 1967 one.
    9clanciai

    A bloody comedy for a better alternative to James Bond

    When I saw this film 56 years ago, I wondered: Is this serious? It actually almost grows quite serious gradually, but until clouds gather for a storm when everything seems to go wrong, it's great fun and a wonderful spying game comedy all the way, although the humour can be quite sinister and black - joking about death is not a thing you do for laughs. There are many wonderful actors here, and they are all excellent, it was surprising to see Eric Sykes as a professional murderer and quite snug about his profession, and David Tomlinson for once as a perfect villain. Trevor Howard dominates the film by his very sinister character behind a rather amused but perfect stiff upper lip, and Rod Taylor for once makes a great comic character as a genuine playboy falling by chance into the wrong profession, and almost getting burned for it. Wilfrid Hyde-White is a jovial spy-in-chief, and Akim Tamiroff has a wonderful although comically grotesque supporting role. There is naturally more fun in Monte Carlo than in London, but that's where the sinister chapter starts off. After that you will be on for a ride which no one, not even the players, can know how it will end, but even if it ends with any probable disaster, there will always be another beginning.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Based on the first of the 'Boysie Oakes' novels by John Gardner, published in 1964. There were seven more: Understrike (1965), Amber Nine (1966), Madrigal (1968) Founder Member (1969), The Airline Pirates (1970), Traitor's Exit (1970) and Killer for a Song (1975). After that, Gardner took over writing the James Bond series from the late Ian Fleming.
    • Patzer
      Dialogue refers to "cyanide" and "prussic acid" as separate entities. Prussic acid is hydrogen cyanide.
    • Zitate

      Martin, codename Fly: This is Fly, sir.

      Colonel Mostyn: Oh hello, Buttons.

    • Crazy Credits
      A figure in a coat and hat stumbles through the opening titles.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      The Liquidator
      Sung by Shirley Bassey

      Music by Lalo Schifrin

      Lyrics by Peter Callander

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 30. September 1966 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
      • Frankreich
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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    • Drehorte
      • The Manor Elstree, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(spy agency training grounds)
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      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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