FEAR IS THE KEY (1972, UK, 103m, 15) ***½ Action, Crime, Thriller dist. Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (UK), Paramount Pictures (USA); pr co. Anglo-EMI / KLK; d. Michael Tuchner; w. Robert Carrington (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); pr. Jay Kanter, Alan Ladd Jr.; ph. Alex Thomson (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. Roy Budd; ed. Ray…
Tag: Alistair MacLean
Film Review – BREAKHEART PASS (1975)
BREAKHEART PASS (1975, USA) *** Mystery, Western dist. United Artists; pr co. Gershwin-Kastner Productions; d. Tom Gries; w. Alistair MacLean (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); exec pr. Elliott Kastner; pr. Jerry Gershwin; ph. Lucien Ballard (DeLuxe. 35mm. Spherical. 1.85:1); m. Jerry Goldsmith; ed. Byron ‘Buzz’ Brandt; ad. Tambi Larsen; set d. Darrell Silvera;…
Film Review – FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978)
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978, UK) **½ Action, Drama, War dist. Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK), American International Pictures (AIP) (USA); pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Navarone Productions; d. Guy Hamilton; w. Robin Chapman, Carl Foreman (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); exec pr. Carl Foreman; pr. Oliver A. Unger; ass pr. David W. Orton;…
Film Review – WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)
WHERE EAGLES DARE (UK/USA, 1968) **** Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Jerry Gershwin Productions / Elliott Kastner Productions / Winkast Film Productions; Release Date: 4 December 1968 (UK), 12 March 1969 (USA); Filming Dates: 2 January 1968 – May 1968; Running Time: 158m; Colour: Metrocolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm…
Film Review – THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)
Guns of Navarone, The (1961; USA; Eastmancolor; 158m) **** d. J. Lee Thompson; w. Carl Foreman; ph. Oswald Morris; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, George Mikell. A…
Film Review – ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)
Ice Station Zebra (1968; USA; Metrocolor; 148m) ∗∗∗½ d. John Sturges; w. Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink; ph. Daniel L. Fapp; m. Michel Legrand. Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, Ted Hartley, Murray Rose, Ron Masak, Sherwood Price, Lee Stanley, Joseph Bernard. A…
Film Review – WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL (1971)
When Eight Bells Toll (1971; UK; Eastmancolor; 94m) ∗∗∗ d. Etienne Perier; w. Alistair MacLean; ph. Arthur Ibbetson; m. Angela Morley (as Walter Stott). Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Nathalie Delon, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Derek Bond, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Roëves, Leon Collins, Wendy Allnutt, Peter Arne, Oliver MacGreevy, Jon Croft. A British agent is…
Film Review – WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)
Where Eagles Dare (1968; UK/USA; Metrocolor; 158m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Brian G. Hutton; w. Alistair MacLean; ph. Arthur Ibbetson; m. Ron Goodwin. Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Robert Beatty, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston, Peter Barkworth, Ferdy Mayne, Anton Diffring, William Squire, Brook Williams, Neil McCarthy, Vincent Ball, Derren Nesbitt. Allied agents stage…
Film Review Round-up – BEAR ISLAND (1979) and WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (2014)
Bear Island (1979; Canada/UK; Colour; 118m) ∗∗∗ d. Don Sharp; w. David Butler, Don Sharp; ph. Alan Hume; m. Robert Farnon; ed. Tony Lower. Cast: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara Parkins, Lloyd Bridges, Lawrence Dane, Patricia Collins, Michael J. Reynolds, Nicholas Cortland. A group of people converge on a barren Arctic…