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When a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past.When a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past.When a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past.
Ingrid Thulin
- Brita
- (as Ingrid Tulean)
Frédéric O'Brady
- Spring
- (as Frederick O'Brady)
Lily Kann
- Blind Housekeeper
- (as Lilly Kann)
Storyline
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- TriviaAround 53 minutes into the film on the veranda in a romantic scene with a beautiful Swedish woman, a rather large bee flies into the scene and flies right between them. They don't break and the bee flies away.
- GoofsAt about 7 minutes into the movie Mitchum is talking to Paige who is sunning herself at the pool. She tells him to throw her robe to her but when she puts it on, she is actually wearing a patchwork dress.
- Quotes
Dave Bishop: Did you ever ask him who he really was?
Dominique: No.
Dave Bishop: Women are supposed to be curious... especially wives.
Dominique: Press agents are supposed to be curious.
Dave Bishop: I wasn't married to him.
Dominique: Except for the ceremony, neither was I.
- ConnectionsFollows Foreign Intrigue (1951)
- SoundtracksFOREIGN INTRIGUE CONCERTO
Music by Charlie Norman
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Forgotten gem
Why this film has not been issued on video is puzzling. It has an unusual and compelling plot, attractive locales (shot on location in Europe) and features the inimitable Robert Mitchum. Derived from the television series of the same name, it captures the "take me somewhere far away and adventuresome" escapism of the time. The musical underscore (the original TV introductory piano concerto and a coronet forward jazz theme) continues to this day to swim in my head. Mitchum plays a reluctant investigative patsy persuaded against his better judgment by interpol intelligence to help track down the perpetrators of a scheme to blackmail various politicians who had secretly agreed to ease the invasion of their respective countries by the Nazis. While the film lacks a true denouement (it ends with the Mitchum character about to rendezvous with the prime suspect), the photography, the acting and above all its ingratiating style certainly have made it memorable in the mind of this viewer.
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- Budget
- $625,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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