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Thriller

Hotel Reserve

- Death Signs the Register

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

Release Date : 1944-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

James Mason

Character Name : Peter Vadassy

Original Name : James Mason

Gender : Male

Lucie Mannheim

Character Name : Mme Suzanne Koch

Original Name : Lucie Mannheim

Gender : Female

Raymond Lovell

Character Name : Robert Duclos

Original Name : Raymond Lovell

Gender : Male

Julien Mitchell

Character Name : Michel Beghin, intelligence chief

Original Name : Julien Mitchell

Gender : Male

Herbert Lom

Character Name : Andre Roux

Original Name : Herbert Lom

Gender : Male

Martin Miller

Character Name : Walter Vogel

Original Name : Martin Miller

Gender : Male

Clare Hamilton

Character Name : Mary Skelton

Original Name : Clare Hamilton

Gender : Male

Frederick Valk

Character Name : Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger

Original Name : Frederick Valk

Gender : Male

Patricia Medina

Character Name : Odette Roux

Original Name : Patricia Medina

Gender : Female

Anthony Shaw

Character Name : Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley

Original Name : Anthony Shaw

Gender : Male

Laurence Hanray

Character Name : Police Commissioner

Original Name : Laurence Hanray

Gender : Male

David Ward

Character Name : Henri Asticot

Original Name : David Ward

Gender : Male

Valentine Dyall

Character Name : Warren Skelton

Original Name : Valentine Dyall

Gender : Male

Joseph Almas

Character Name : Albert, the Waiter

Original Name : Joseph Almas

Gender : Male

Patricia Hayes

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Patricia Hayes

Gender : Female

Hella Kürty

Character Name : Hilda Vogel

Original Name : Hella Kürty

Gender : Male

Ivor Barnard

Character Name : P. Molon, chemist

Original Name : Ivor Barnard

Gender : Male

Ernst Ulman

Character Name : Detective in Black Suit

Original Name : Ernst Ulman

Gender : Male

John Baker

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : John Baker

Gender : Male

Mike Johnson

Character Name : Old Man

Original Name : Mike Johnson

Gender : Male

Victor Rietti

Character Name : Restaurant Owner

Original Name : Victor Rietti

Gender : Male

Hugo Schuster

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Hugo Schuster

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

James Mason is having an holiday in an hotel in France just before the outset of WWII. When he goes to collect some developed photographs he has taken, he is detained by the police who accuse him of illegally photographing sites around Toulon that might be of interest to the enemies of the Republic. It's pretty clear that the investigating officer believes his claims of innocence, but he is still sent back to keep tabs on the other guests at the hotel or face prison, deportation and quite possibly the Gestapo. The hotel has no shortage of likely suspects - Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom to name but three, and he must try to find the would-be traitor without getting trapped in the web of intrigue that is clearly being spun around him. Mason engages us well, as does Lom and Frederick Valk and it's a bit like a game of Cluedo - there are plenty of clues and potential perpetrators and in the main, the story sustains quite decent degree of suspense before the villain is exposed and we are, sadly, delivered of a pretty flat conclusion. Still worth watching, though.