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11/09/1950 Thriller, Drama, Romance, Mystery 1h 44m
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ADVENTURE SWEEPING ACROSS A CONTINENT!

Overview

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

  1. Sidney Gilliat

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Dr. John Marlowe

  2. Glynis Johns

    Lisa Robinson

  3. Jack Hawkins

    Colonel Galcon

  4. Herbert Lom

    Karl Theodor

  5. Walter Rilla

    General Niva

  6. Karl Stepanek

    Dr. Revo

  7. Hans Olaf Moser

    Sigrist

  8. Guido Lorraine

    Lieutenant Prachi

  9. Robert Ayres

    Arthur J. Buckman

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-27
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is "Dr. John Marlowe", lauded by the largely unknown state of Vosnia after he develops an unique form of medical procedure. When he travels there to collect his gong, he finds himself amidst a plot in this totalitarian state to prolong the life of their leader "General Niva". Regardless of what happens, he cannot be left alive to tell a tale, and when this dawns on him, he must escape. Fortunately, he alights of Glynis Johns - an English speaking cabaret dancer and with the help of the suitably sleazy Herbert Lom, they make for the border with Jack Hawkins and his soldier...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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