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Directed by:
Ralph ThomasScreenplay:
Wilfred GreatorexCinematography:
Ernest StewardComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Derren Nesbitt, Burt Kwouk (more)Plots(1)
A police investigator is forced to rely on the man he's been instructed to apprehend in this cold war thriller. Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer) is a high level negotiator with the British government who is approached by Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor), an Australian detective who has been instructed to arrest Quentin in connection with the murder of his first wife 25 years earlier. Quentin calmly asks Malone if he could wait until he completes his work at a diplomatic conference, and Malone agrees; Quentin even allows Malone to stay at his home with his second wife Shelia (Lilli Palmer). Malone's assignment soon proves to be more complicated (and dangerous) than he expected when he has to save Quentin from an assassination attempt. Quentin must protect a fellow diplomat also targeted by gunmen, and Malone learns that Shelia has a deadly secret. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Tatum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/397/161397924_66303a.jpg)
John Tatum
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Walter Henry
UK
Best movies:
Press for Time (1966)
Lolita (1962)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
![George Hilsdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442852_45443f.jpg)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
![Lionel Murton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476680_c2a78e.jpg)
Lionel Murton
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Patton (1970)
Hyma Beckley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Harry Fielder
UK
Best movies:
Dido Plumb
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Gerald Sim
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Chaplin (1992)
Shaun Curry
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
David Nettheim
Australia
Best movies:
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
Bliss (1985)
Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988) (series)
Jack Arrow
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Third Man (1949)
The Raging Moon (1971)