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Thriller

Foreign Intrigue

- Robert Mitchum is the hunted... Europe is the hunting ground!

Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer's life. Surprisingly, not even his young wife knows anything about her husband's background or how he earned his fortune. Clues lead Bishop to Vienna and Stockholm, where he learns that Danemore was blackmailing people who cooperated with the Nazis during World War II.

Release Date : 1956-06-28

Language :EnglishFrenchGermanSwedish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : MandevilleSheldon Reynolds Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Character Name : Dave Bishop

Original Name : Robert Mitchum

Gender : Male

Geneviève Page

Character Name : Dominique Danemore

Original Name : Geneviève Page

Gender : Female

Ingrid Thulin

Character Name : Brita Lindquist

Original Name : Ingrid Thulin

Gender : Female

Frédéric O'Brady

Character Name : Jonathan Spring

Original Name : Frédéric O'Brady

Gender : Male

Inga Tidblad

Character Name : Mrs Lundquist

Original Name : Inga Tidblad

Gender : Female

Lauritz Falk

Character Name : Jones

Original Name : Lauritz Falk

Gender : Male

Eugene Deckers

Character Name : Pierre Sandoz

Original Name : Eugene Deckers

Gender : Male

John Padovano

Character Name : Tony Forrest

Original Name : John Padovano

Gender : Male

Frederick Schrecker

Character Name : Karl Mannheim

Original Name : Frederick Schrecker

Gender : Male

Georges Hubert

Character Name : Dr. Thibault

Original Name : Georges Hubert

Gender : Male

Peter Copley

Character Name : Brown

Original Name : Peter Copley

Gender : Male

Lily Kann

Character Name : Blind Housekeeper

Original Name : Lily Kann

Gender : Female

Ralph Brown

Character Name : Smith

Original Name : Ralph Brown

Gender : Male

Milo Sperber

Character Name : Baum

Original Name : Milo Sperber

Gender : Male

Jim Gérald

Character Name : Bistro Owner

Original Name : Jim Gérald

Gender : Male

Jean Galland

Character Name : Victor Danemore

Original Name : Jean Galland

Gender : Male

John Starck

Character Name : Starky

Original Name : John Starck

Gender : Male

Gilbert Robin

Character Name : Dodo

Original Name : Gilbert Robin

Gender : Male

Valentine Camax

Character Name : Charwoman

Original Name : Valentine Camax

Gender : Female

Robert Le Béal

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Robert Le Béal

Gender : Male

Lars Kåge

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Lars Kåge

Gender : Male

Sylvain Lévignac

Character Name : Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Sylvain Lévignac

Gender : Male

Jimmy Perrys

Character Name : Worker Living in the Building of Mannheim (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Perrys

Gender : Male

Ulla Sjöblom

Character Name : Unknown (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Ulla Sjöblom

Gender : Female

Pierre Vaudier

Character Name : Customs Officer at Vienna Airport (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierre Vaudier

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-29

A wealthy man is half way up his library ladder when he is taken ill and dies. Nobody quite knows where the now deceased "Danemore" made his fortune so his assistant "Bishop" (Robert Mitchum) decides to find out more about his enigmatic employer. He's somewhat taken aback by just how little the widow (Genevieve Page) knows about things, but there is perhaps one clue in Vienna. Once he gets there, though, he is quickly embroiled in some post-war machinations that takes him to Sweden where a recent suicide amidst a wealthy family, taking a shine to the daughter of the house "Brita" (Ingrid Thulin) and the behaviour of his newly acquired gadfly "Spring" (Frederic O'Brady) only muddles things up even more. Mitchum is quite effective here delivering his best less-is-more style of characterisation, but I found neither Page nor Thulin really made much impact on a story where the roles of the women were actually a lot more important than in many of these post-war noirs. It's a but too wordy and the pace could also be doing with a bit of it's own electric shock treatment as it struggles to build or sustain much momentum. There is some nice photography to accompany the travelogue elements of the story and the mystery just about delivers, but it's nothing much to write home about.