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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- Writers
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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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Snappy and good looking, but nothing much else.
A poor title for what turns out to be a rather uninspiring film. A good, brisk and smartly-directed pre-title segment sets the scene - here we have a group of smart grifters conning greedy or immoral 'marks' out of hefty chunks of cash and living very nicely off the proceeds. As far as an over-arching story goes, things are pretty thin and we only see it at the very end, after a rather episodic series of cons. Attenborough is good, Hemmings is cheeky but not very likeable and Stewart is attractive and supplies the final twist. There's nothing much else to say about it.
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- g-hbe
- Jan 6, 2021
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Nur über eine Leiche
- Filming locations
- Chobham Common, Surrey, England, UK(exterior military scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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