Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuIn London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while... Alles lesenIn London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.In London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.
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The story revolves around a American thief in London, played by George Nader, who was probably at the nadir of his career. I checked his credits and about this time he drifted into TV and then on to Germany and the rest of Europe, keeping busy in forgettable movies. His performance in this movie was low key, but really slick. He plays a professional who cons an old lady out of a valuable coin collection and spends the rest of the movie trying to cash it in and split. One by one his shady friends turn on him until he ends up a hunted man ducking for cover at every turn. He is eventually forced to rely on a virtual stranger he meets accidentally. She is played by a young and very interesting Maggie Smith. In fact I didn't even recognize her until the credits rolled.
This story was well written. Tight and tense. The performances were top notch, and the atmosphere had a very noir feel to it, even though a lot of it was shot in daylight. I don't know why George Nader's star waned. You couldn't predict it from his performance here.
George Nader was a handsome actor who left the US in the late 1950s to make films in Europe, such as the Jerry Cotton spy films. This is because he was outed in the press in the States and felt he had more options for work in Europe...which he apparently did. Here he is quite good in the lead...one of his few leading roles of this period in his career.
This is an interesting example of British film noir. While it lacks the cool camera angles of the best of the noir, its amoral sensibilities and coldness of the main character are classic noir all the way. Well worth seeing and it's a quiet, brooding sort of film.
My initial interest was to watch Maggie Smith's first credited screen role but was completely drawn in by all of the principal characters. Those more accustomed to seeing Smith in her more sophisticated roles from the 1970s onwards, will be pleasantly surprised by her ability to comfortably inhabit the role of a working class girl.
I had never seen George Nader in anything before. Too bad he never achieved the degree of greatness his talent and good looks seemed to promise. Although American born, I think he would have played a convincing James Bond.
Both Bessie Love and Bernard Lee provide strong supporting roles.
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- WissenswertesOriginally cut to one hour and 29 minutes and was the second feature on a double-bill with Torpedo los! (1958). For a DVD release in 2013, it was restored to a running time of one hour and 40 minutes.
- PatzerWhen Gregory is talking to Sloane after the heist, and changing his shoes, a moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible behind Sloane.
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Pet Shop Clerk: You know what's the matter with this fish of yours, don't you? He's dead. Why don't you get yourself something that'll last a little longer? Like a kangaroo, or something?
- Alternative VersionenOriginally cut to one hour and 29 minutes and was the second feature on a double-bill. For a DVD release in 2013, it was restored to a running time of one hour and 40 minutes.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Tea with the Dames - Ein unvergesslicher Nachmittag (2018)
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- 468.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 29 Min.(89 min)
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