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25/12/1956 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 24m
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Overview

Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.

  1. Robin Estridge

    Writer

  2. Ralph Thomas

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anthony Steel

    Bill Fraser

  2. Odile Versois

    Francesca

  3. Stanley Baker

    O'Donovan

  4. James Robertson Justice

    Warren Ingram

  5. Maurice Denham

    Ted Thornhill

  6. Michael Medwin

    Ginger

  7. Paul Müller

    Petersen

  8. Lee Patterson

    Johnny Carpenter

  9. Anne Heywood

    Gabriela

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28
This is a great opportunity for car lovers to watch some beauties meandering the roads of Locarno, Florence and the Northern Italian lakes using some stunning actuality footage from the Mille Miglia. Aside from that, its a rather far-fetched crime caper that sees Stanley Baker sent to an Italian car designer to try and persuade him to come and work for James Robertson Justice's British outfit. It all goes murderously wrong, and a convoluted scheme has to be devised to get him back home involving "Bill" (Anthony Steel), butch drunkard "Johnny" (Lee Patterson) and the rather glamorous "Francesca...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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