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Director: Jack Gold
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From Time Out Film Guide
Gold's Midas touch with prestige TV material here for once transfers to the big screen with a full-blooded approach to the most implausible hokum. A skilful blend of the familiar (casting, English locations) and the outrageous (the script's mix of whodunit, disaster movie and telekinetic thriller) produces a beguiling entertainment in which half the fun's to be had from constructing a coherent synopsis out of the loony mess of flashback, foresight, eccentricity and even ecology. Ventura's a French sleuth on Common Market secondment to the Yard; Burton's a mysteriously troubled author with murderous mental powers. Watch for the bouncing cathedral bricks at the end.Author: PT
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- SDRodrian said...
- Posted on Jul 04 2008 02:51 Phenomenal fun! Burton is actually scary. And the narrative is paced like the best of mysteries and police stories. A fantasy for adults instead of for adolescents.
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Cast & crew
Director: Jack Gold
Producer: Jack Gold, Anne V Coates
Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jeremy Brett, Michael Hordern, Gordon Jackson full cast
Duration: 109 mins
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