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01/02/1950 Crime, Drama, Adventure 1h 37m
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Overview

An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.

  1. Ronald Neame

    Director, Writer

  2. Lesley Storm

    Writer

  3. Victor Canning

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Trevor Howard

    David Redfern

  2. Anouk Aimée

    Anna

  3. Herbert Lom

    Rankl

  4. Walter Rilla

    Serafis

  5. Miles Malleson

    Douvet

  6. Jacques Sernas

    Max

  7. Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Agno

  8. Peter Copley

    Aribi

  9. Marcel Poncin

    Dommic

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-27
This is a slightly confused smuggling mystery with an oddly cast Trevor Howard as "David", a British archaeologist sent to Tunisia to supervise the removal of some artefacts. He arrives at the inn run by "Anna" (Anouk Aimée) and a slightly sinister pianist Wilfred Hyde-White ("Anjo"). Next thing, he is involved in a gun-smuggling racket with local hoodlum Herbert Lom ("Rankl") and his lobster fisherman pal "Max" (Jacques Sernas) whilst slowly falling in love with the much younger "Anna". It's a good looking film, but the story has more holes than a Dutch cheese with just way too many co-incid...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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