Top billed cast

1. 

   Humphrey Bogart

   Billy Dannreuther

2. 

   Jennifer Jones

   Gwendolen Chelm

3. 

   Gina Lollobrigida

   Maria Dannreuther

4. 

   Robert Morley

   Peterson

5. 

   Peter Lorre

   Julius O'Hara

6. 

   Edward Underdown

   Harry Chelm

7. 

   Ivor Barnard

   Maj. Jack Ross

8. 

   Marco Tulli

   Ravello

9. 

   Bernard Lee

   Insp. Jack Clayton

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-01

An unlikely group of would-be swindlers find themselves stuck in Italy when their boat (to Africa) breaks down. Theoretically, the four are on their way to sell vacuum cleaners (but really to pick up some ostensibly worthless land - that only they know is a rich source of uranium). Whilst they wait, they meet a British couple and soon the six, somewhat distrustingly, continue their journey. The story isn't really up to very much. It's the characterisations that work well. Humphrey Bogart is great as the seedy but clever foil to the excellent Robert Morley - both make good use of the witty scri...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• beach
• husband wife relationship
• italy
• narration
• lie
• dark comedy
• satire
• liar
• thief
• film noir
• black and white
• failing marriage
• port
• uranium
• cons and scams
• mine claim
• ship passengers
• wife swapping
• motley crew
• con artists
• boat travel