Masquerade (1965 film)
1965 British film
- 13 April 1965 (1965-04-13) (London)
- 28 April 1965 (1965-04-28) (New York City)
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Masquerade is a 1965 British comedy thriller film directed by Basil Dearden based on the 1954 novel Castle Minerva by Victor Canning. It stars Cliff Robertson and Jack Hawkins[1] and was filmed in Spain.[2]
Plot
An Arab heir plots his own kidnapping in a desperate bid for peace in the Middle East.
Cast
- Cliff Robertson as David Frazer
- Jack Hawkins as Colonel Drexel
- Marisa Mell as Sophie
- Michel Piccoli as George Sarrassin
- Bill Fraser as Dunwoody
- Charles Gray as Benson
- John Le Mesurier as Sir Robert
- Felix Aylmer as Henrickson
- Ernest Clark as Minister
- Tutte Lemkow as Paviot
- Keith Pyott as Gustave
Production
Rex Harrison was originally meant to star but he dropped out and Cliff Robertson was hired to replace him. The film was the first screen credit for novelist William Goldman who had been hired to Americanise the dialogue for Robertson (Robertson had just commissioned Goldman to adapt Flowers for Algernon into a screenplay).[3]
Filming started on 3 June 1964 at Pinewood Studios under the title The Shabby Tiger.[4] The unit then shifted to Madrid.[5]
Robertson's work on the film meant he had to turn down an offered part in Judith.[6]
References
- ^ "Man in the Moon (1960) – Basil Dearden – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ MASQUERADE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (1 Jan 1965): 76.
- ^ Goldman, William, Adventures in the Screen Trade 1982 p 170-173
- ^ In British Film Los Angeles Times 11 May 1964: C19.
- ^ Robertson in Madrid Los Angeles Times 27 June 1964: A8.
- ^ FILMLAND EVENTS: Warners, 20th Make New Story Purchases Los Angeles Times 14 July 1964: C6.
External links
- Masquerade at IMDb
- Masquerade at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Masquerade at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by Basil Dearden
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
- The Goose Steps Out (1942)
- The Bells Go Down (1943)
- My Learned Friend (1943)
- The Halfway House (1944)
- They Came to a City (1944)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- Frieda (1947)
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
- Train of Events (1949)
- The Blue Lamp (1950)
- Cage of Gold (1950)
- Pool of London (1951)
- I Believe in You (1952)
- The Gentle Gunman (1952)
- The Square Ring (1953)
- The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
- Out of the Clouds (1955)
- The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
- Who Done It? (1956)
- The Green Man (1956)
- The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
- Violent Playground (1958)
- Sapphire (1959)
- The League of Gentlemen (1960)
- Man in the Moon (1960)
- The Secret Partner (1961)
- Victim (1961)
- All Night Long (1962)
- Life for Ruth (1962)
- The Mind Benders (1963)
- A Place to Go (1963)
- Woman of Straw (1964)
- Masquerade (1965)
- Khartoum (1966)
- Only When I Larf (1968)
- The Assassination Bureau (1969)
- The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
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