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Il cerchio rosso del delitto

Titolo originale: The Vicious Circle
  • 1957
  • VM14
  • 1h 24min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,6/10
825
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John Mills in Il cerchio rosso del delitto (1957)
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Il dottor Howard Latimer trova assassinata nel suo appartamento l'attrice tedesca che aveva appena incontrato all'aeroporto di Londra. Improvvisamente è coinvolto nel mondo dell'omicidio, de... Leggi tuttoIl dottor Howard Latimer trova assassinata nel suo appartamento l'attrice tedesca che aveva appena incontrato all'aeroporto di Londra. Improvvisamente è coinvolto nel mondo dell'omicidio, del ricatto e di una truffa di passaporti falsi.Il dottor Howard Latimer trova assassinata nel suo appartamento l'attrice tedesca che aveva appena incontrato all'aeroporto di Londra. Improvvisamente è coinvolto nel mondo dell'omicidio, del ricatto e di una truffa di passaporti falsi.

  • Regia
    • Gerald Thomas
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Francis Durbridge
  • Star
    • John Mills
    • Derek Farr
    • Noelle Middleton
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,6/10
    825
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Gerald Thomas
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Francis Durbridge
    • Star
      • John Mills
      • Derek Farr
      • Noelle Middleton
    • 27Recensioni degli utenti
    • 8Recensioni della critica
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    John Mills
    John Mills
    • Dr. Howard Latimer
    Derek Farr
    Derek Farr
    • Kenneth Palmer
    Noelle Middleton
    Noelle Middleton
    • Laura James
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    • Maj. Harrington aka Robert Brady
    • (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
    Roland Culver
    Roland Culver
    • Detective Inspector Dane
    Mervyn Johns
    Mervyn Johns
    • Dr. George Kimber
    Rene Ray
    Rene Ray
    • Mrs. Ambler
    Lionel Jeffries
    Lionel Jeffries
    • Geoffrey Windsor
    Lisa Daniely
    Lisa Daniely
    • Frieda Veldon
    David Williams
    • The Detective Sergeant
    Diana Lambert
    • Latimer's Office Nurse
    Hal Osmond
    Hal Osmond
    • Joe - Golf Caddy
    Gillian Moran
    Hyma Beckley
    • Royal Festival Hall Audience
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Jim Brady
    Jim Brady
    • Reporter Outside Police Station
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    Dennis Carnell
    • Man in Audience
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Fred Davis
    • Man in Audience
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    Mabel Etherington
    • Lady in Audience
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
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      • Gerald Thomas
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Francis Durbridge
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    Recensioni degli utenti27

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    LewisJForce

    Kept me watching

    This is no minor classic. But I wouldn't dismiss it quite as quickly as my fellow reviewers. It looks and feels rather like one of those British 'Quota quickies' churned out sausage-style by Butchers films in the 1950's and 60's. Which is not a bad thing. It's longer than those efforts, though, and has more 'names' - the star is John Mills.

    I enjoy the way that the piece depicts safe, sterile suburban middle class life turned upside down. Well, not quite 'turned upside down' exactly: there's a charming little scene where dear Johnnie takes his mind off the fact that he's a man on the run for murder by playing a few rounds of golf. The film has a most agreeable atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. Certainty and normality fray at the edges. Nobody can be trusted. Your smoothly amiable best friend of longstanding just might have it in for you. Your fiancée may not be what she seems.

    There are some very enjoyable performances. I particularly liked Wilfrid Hyde-White as a civilised but sinister late-night caller. In fact, pretty much everybody in this film does civilised and sinister rather well. Mills is his usual watchable self. The direction is largely uninspired but is nicely unobtrusive: events unfold with pace and sharp simplicity.

    If you want to catch a true lost masterpiece of suburban British post-war paranoia, look for Lance Comfort's "Pit of Darkness", with William Franklyn as another urbane professional who finds his routine existence up-ended. There's only one moment in 'The Vicious Circle' to match that film for my money. Don't ask me why, but the scene where Mills turns up at a 'social gathering' and finds only an empty apartment flooded with the sound of pre-recorded party chatter unnerves me every time. It seems that there's a tinge of genuine madness and disruption just lurking at the corners of the frame.
    6steve-3628

    Very English Hitchcock wannabe.

    This interesting - if flawed - Hitchcock wannabe, unexpectedly delights in the period snapshots of London circa 1957/8. The embankment / London Zoo / 'London Airport', together with lots of cigarettes and social etiquette. Mills is accomplished in the role of the consultant/surgeon thrown into a game of 'cat and mouse', even if the dénouement is a little corny.

    In addition to the cameos by Lionel Jeffries, and a relatively young Wilfred Hyde-White, Roland Culver cuts a familiar, yet enigmatic, figure as the all-seeing, all-knowing Inspector - far better than many similar roles in some Hitchcock thrillers.
    8greenheart

    Doctor in distress

    This is a plot driven movie and extremely entertaining. Nothing startling or original within the plot, but crucially, it moves along at a great pace and therefore keeps your attention. I didn't really notice the acting which I guess is a good thing. John Mills was fine but did seem to take everything in his stride somewhat considering how his life was falling apart around him. He would be clumped on the head, stand up 20 seconds later, dust himself down and carry on as if nothing had happened. A minor quibble in a film with a strong story, authentic locations and a plot that continually keeps you guessing right up to its conclusion.
    fillherupjacko

    ah, that's better

    This is the perfect comfort film (and I don't mean Lance Comfort). You've rung in sick, it's raining outside, you've got a big piece of buttered toast ready and then this comes on afternoon telly. Except it doesn't anymore; it's all Jeremy Kyle and his irksome ilk: "I married my lesbian dad."

    Anyway, The Vicious Circle stars good old dependable Johnny Mills pants as a doctor caught up in a – erm – vicious circle. It's one of those innocent man gets tangled up in something nasty but he doesn't know who to believe and he ends up questioning his own sanity. Commonplace everyday events become loaded with meaning – or else take on a whole new meaning: a man, Lionel Jeffries, claiming to be a reporter, isn't a reporter and can't be traced; a disembodied voice on the telephone, claiming to be a film director friend, is an impersonator. In the most effective moment of the film Mills returns to his friend's flat (Derek Farr) to find a party in full swing – except it's only a gramophone record of party noise playing in an empty apartment. Oh and there's also a neurotic female patient who says she found a dead body with a candlestick next to it while strolling on the common (the police find the candlestick in Mills' golf clubs.) The building blocks of civilised society – trust and taking things at face value – become eroded and all we are left with is paranoia and fear. Not that you'd know it to look at Mills. It's a stiff upper lip and a nice round of golf all the way. It's how they did things back then, you know.

    The problem the film has is that it asks us to trust Mills (would you trust a man who wears a cravat under his polo top?) and so we never doubt Mills' innocence. After the police reveal that they believe him too the suspense drains out of things and we're only left with the question of who's behind it all and why.
    7phil-small

    A nice jaunt thru a labyrinth.

    The film is a remake of a 1956 BBC serial called'My Friend Charles',& as such gallops thru the material in a relatively short time.I found it fast moving,enjoyable & unpretentious.Did anyone else notice the scenes,towards the end,where John Mills was being gassed?-the producers obviously decided to omit the scenes-maybe censorship?,but notice when he's sat by the window of the flat,deep breathing closely followed by similar scenes with the car window open. The Francis Durbridge serials all seemed to inhabit the same universe,that of unexplained happenings,people being not what they seem & the villain being someone close to the hero/victim.A predictable universe in some ways,but one with its own rules & regulations.

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      Dr. Howard Latimer's house is 33 Ennismore Gardens Mews, Knightsbridge, South West London, England.
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      The shadow of the cameraman is thrown in front of him as he shoots the villain's arrival at London Airport.
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      Music by Leslie Stuart

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    • Data di uscita
      • 29 aprile 2023 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, Greater London, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(on location)
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Romulus Films
      • Beaconsfield Productions
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