A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Walter Henry
- Kitchen Assistant
- (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
- Restaurant Diner
- (uncredited)
Roy Kinnear
- Hotel Chef
- (uncredited)
David Lodge
- Caplan
- (uncredited)
John Tatham
- Restaurant Diner
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis movie was in theaters only a few weeks after the publication of Len Deighton's novel. He had developed the subject as a novel and a movie project simultaneously, an idea that another best-selling author, Alistair MacLean, would soon take up with Where Eagles Dare (1968). Deighton was co-producer of this movie, as well as author of the novel, but is surprisingly not credited as author of the screenplay (which makes a significant change to the novel at the end of the story).
- GoofsWhen they go to the bank the calendar by the teller says 23 October , but the check says 27-8-1968. The possible cause of this is that the check was already made out and then there was a two month delay in filming the scene.
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From Austerity to Affluence
The earnestness of Dearden & Relph's earlier collaborations had by their glossy international entertainments of the late sixties been replaced by a cynical larkiness, abetted in this case by Whistling Jack Smith's jolly main theme.
There are darker moments such as (SLIGHT SPOILERS COMING:) the fate of Edric Connor, although the even worse fate suffered by one of the original marks in the stylish pre-credits sequence stays in the original novel; an indication of how much more light-hearted this adaptation is than Len Deighton's original book.
Melissa Stribling has probably the best of her occasional roles in her husband's films.
There are darker moments such as (SLIGHT SPOILERS COMING:) the fate of Edric Connor, although the even worse fate suffered by one of the original marks in the stylish pre-credits sequence stays in the original novel; an indication of how much more light-hearted this adaptation is than Len Deighton's original book.
Melissa Stribling has probably the best of her occasional roles in her husband's films.
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- Nur über eine Leiche
- Filming locations
- Chobham Common, Surrey, England, UK(exterior military scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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