Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard cum detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve... Read allSteve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard cum detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve discovers that her father was blackmailing a group of traitors and the map locates money ... Read allSteve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard cum detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve discovers that her father was blackmailing a group of traitors and the map locates money hidden in Somaliland with evidence of their guilt. Having contacted all the names, they le... Read all
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But with the move to Somaliland the film became formulaic, with no fewer than FOUR hackneyed encounters with animals. Bentley seemed to follow a very crude small map with incredible ease, as well as finding his way through some well-lit tunnels to conclude his quest.
I thought that the floor show at the beginning was a little daring in that the girls were "cheeky", but only because the film had a 1950s look to it. Then I realised that it had come out in 1963, a year after "Dr No", with a sensual Ursula Andress, a virile Sean Connery, colour and exotic locations. No real comparison!
Steve (Bentley) is hanging out in Yugoslavia for no apparent reason. However, after he thwarts an attempt on a stripper's life, she hires him to be her protector. He soon realizes folks are trying to kill her because her father (who had recently died) had been blackmailing them, as the list of people he left to her are the names of his prey. Steve needs to figure out why they were all being blackmailed as well as which one of them is the one trying to kill his client.
The story is okay. But I was really impressed by Bentley. First, he plays a world-weary American...yet he is British. His accent was fine and his characterization of Steve was wonderful...so much so that it seems sad that he's not more of a household name. Overall, an uneven and occasionally dull film...which lights up when Bentley is in the picture.
John Bentley's last big-screen show is a poorly written one, which seems to depend more on exotic locations like Trieste, and exotic beauties like Miss Hamamah. She was a mainstay of the Egyptian film industry. She also made a couple of forays into international production, neither of which was particularly impressive as a movie. In this case, we can definitely lay the blame on the script. With Anita West and Ferdie Mayne.
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- TriviaA little Cold War political undertone is present in the opening scenes in the nightclub. The Cossack dancing makes fun of Russia, at a time when Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia (where Trieste was located at the time) was feuding with the Soviet Union.
- GoofsThe magically lit cave: Most all of the final act takes place deep inside an underground cavern. This huge cave network, in a primitive area with no electricity, should be pitch black inside, yet is somehow very well lit. Note that none of the protagonists making their way through the cavern is equipped with any sort of lantern or flashlight.
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- Stradun, Dubrovnik, Croatia(Steve and Tina arrive in Dubrovnik)
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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