Directed by JOHN GUILLERMIN. Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer. From the play by Philip Mackie. Assistant director: Ronald Spencer. Director of photography: Wilkie Cooper. Art director: Tony Masters. Film editor: Gerry Hambling. Production manager: Jack Hicks. Camera operator: Hughie Wilson. Set continuity: Yvonne Richards. Sound recordists: F. Ryan, Bob Jones, John Aldred. Sound editor: Teddy Darvas. Make-up: Roy Ashton. Hairdresser: Bill Griffiths. Wardrobe supervisor: Bridget Sellers. Music composed by Mischa Spoliansky; conducted by Lambert Williamson; played by Johnny Dankworth and His Orchestra. Produced by Jack Clayton. A Romulus Film. A Columbia Picture.
A Romulus Production. London trade show: June 1958. No New York opening. U.S. release through Columbia: September 1958. U.K. release through Columbia: 3 August 1958. Australian release: 7 May 1959. 86 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: An American film producer is accused of murdering his star. Setting: the French Riviera.
COMMENT: Crisp thriller screen-played by Jonathan Latimer (who worked with director John Farrow on such classics as The Big Clock, Beyond Glory, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Alias Nick Beal, Plunder of the Sun, etc., and also authored interesting mystery novels on his own account, featuring private detective Bill Crane) with an interesting movie-making background on the French Riviera.
Splendid performances by the principals and taut, inventive direction by John Guillerman keep the viewer almost constantly on the edge of his or her seat. Production credits are first-rate.
A Romulus Production. London trade show: June 1958. No New York opening. U.S. release through Columbia: September 1958. U.K. release through Columbia: 3 August 1958. Australian release: 7 May 1959. 86 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: An American film producer is accused of murdering his star. Setting: the French Riviera.
COMMENT: Crisp thriller screen-played by Jonathan Latimer (who worked with director John Farrow on such classics as The Big Clock, Beyond Glory, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Alias Nick Beal, Plunder of the Sun, etc., and also authored interesting mystery novels on his own account, featuring private detective Bill Crane) with an interesting movie-making background on the French Riviera.
Splendid performances by the principals and taut, inventive direction by John Guillerman keep the viewer almost constantly on the edge of his or her seat. Production credits are first-rate.