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Original title: The Man Inside

1958
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1h 37m

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A jeweler's bookkeeper steals a gem and kills someone while escaping to Europe, where he lives luxuriously and chases women. A detective follows his trail, realizing others are hunting him t... Read allA jeweler's bookkeeper steals a gem and kills someone while escaping to Europe, where he lives luxuriously and chases women. A detective follows his trail, realizing others are hunting him too, suggesting a deeper mystery.A jeweler's bookkeeper steals a gem and kills someone while escaping to Europe, where he lives luxuriously and chases women. A detective follows his trail, realizing others are hunting him too, suggesting a deeper mystery.

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5.9/10

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5/10

Poor

I expected rather more from this movie when I saw the cast. What I got was a poor attempt at a glamorous international pursuit thriller with a far fetched storyline and unbelievable characters. Nigel Patrick's Sam Carter, a mild-mannered book-keeper, lifts a valuable diamond and disappears. A variety of goodies, baddies and don't-knows follow him from New York (studio office, stock footage and London street with American cars) to Lisbon to Madrid to Paris and finally to London. All have their reasons for wanting to relieve Carter of the stone. Milo March (Jack Palance) is a private detective on the case. Trudie Hall (Anita Ekberg) claims it belongs to her family and Lomer (Bonar Colleano) is simply a crook. The action follows March but, he is favoured too much by coincidence. It seems he only has to turn up somewhere and ask a question of the nearest local in order to be given his next lead. Ekberg's only purpose is to be ogled. And there are at least three unsubtle references to her having "concealed weapons" (ba-boom tish!). On the plus side film buffs will have fun spotting the usual suspects who habitually grace 1950s British films. Eric Pohlman (ray!), Sid James, Alfred Burke and Donald Pleasance all have roles, and Anthony Newley plays his usual annoying, chirpy, streetwise foreigner. In this instance, Ernesto the cabby. Some nice location shots and pics of vintage airliners, and a brief shot of The Golden Arrow train. Curiosity value only.

Trivia
This was Bonar Colleano's final film before he was killed in a car accident on August 18, 1958 at the age of 34, three weeks before the film was released.

Goofs
When Sam Carter takes delivery of his forged Spanish passport he runs through the attributes it lists - eye colour blue, hair colour fair, height 5 feet 11 and a half inches and so on. However, Spain adopted the metric system in 1849, so his height would have been given in metres/centimetres.

Quotes
Robert Stone: Without any warning at all, the door closed on me. I shouted and finally...
Milo March: You say you've known him for a long time?
Robert Stone: Yes, he's been doing our books for fifteen years at least. The quietest, nicest fellow you could meet. He came here about once in two weeks. Carter and I used to look at the stone together. We used to stand here, just looking.
Franklin: Hand in hand?
Robert Stone: Mr. March, you know anything about diamonds?
Milo March: Yeah, I know I can't afford them.
Robert Stone: Then let me ask you; have you ever seen something that became an obsession, something you simply had to possess?
Milo March: Aha. But she ran away with a Texas oil man.
Robert Stone: Well, Carter in a sense, eloped with the diamond. I don't condone him stealing it, mind you. But I can understand why he did it. He took it because he fell in love with it.
Franklin: It's like stealing another man's wife.
Milo March: Oh, come on now. What can a diamond do for you on a cold night?
Robert Stone: If you're lucky enough to find The Tyrahna Blue, you'll know what I mean. You see, Mr. March, every man is actually two men: the one the world sees, the other the man inside.
Milo March: You think that I'll steal it?
Robert Stone: [chuckles] No, course not, Mr March. But the idea may cross your mind. A diamond like The Tyrahna Blue is like a beautiful woman - irresistible. A fire with passion.