Danger Route
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| Directed by | Seth Holt |
| Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky Ted Wallis |
| Written by | Meade Roberts Robert Banks Stewart(screenplay) Andrew York (novel) |
| Starring | Richard Johnson Carol Lynley Barbara Bouchet Sylvia Syms Gordon Jackson |
| Music by | John Mayer Lionel Bart (title song) |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Danger Route is a 1967 British spy film directed by Seth Holt for Amicus Productions and starring Richard Johnson as Jonas Wilde, Carol Lynley and Barbara Bouchet.[1] It was based on Andrew York's 1966 novel The Eliminator[2] that was the working title of the film.[3] The film was released in the United States as a double feature with Attack on the Iron Coast.[4]
Contents
Plot
A leading British secret agent/assassin returns home to the Channel Islands from a mission in the Caribbean fearing his nerve has gone, and attempts to resign. He is persuaded by his superiors to undergo a final mission and assassinate a defector but the job turns out to be much more complex than he had been led to believe.
Cast
- Richard Johnson - Jonas Wilde
- Carol Lynley - Jocelyn
- Barbara Bouchet - Marita
- Sylvia Syms - Barbara Canning
- Gordon Jackson - Brian Stern
- Diana Dors - Rhoda Gooderich
- Maurice Denham - Peter Ravenspur
- Sam Wanamaker - Lucinda
- David Bauer - Bennett
- Robin Bailey - Parsons
- Harry Andrews - Canning
- Julian Chagrin - Matsys
- Reg Lye - Balin
- Leslie Sands - Man in Cinema
- Timothy Bateson -Halliwell
Production
The film was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of James Bond movies. Milton Subotsky called the movie doomed, saying the director Seth Holt was ill during filming, the script never worked and the cameraman was replaced in the middle of the shoot. Box office response was poor.[5]
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30649
- ↑ http://www.crimetime.co.uk/community/mag.php/showarticle/1790
- ↑ http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=72184
- ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B01E6DC1F39E134BC4E53DFB0668383679EDE
- ↑ Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 47-48
External links
- Use dmy dates from July 2014
- Use British English from July 2014
- 1967 films
- English-language films
- British films
- British spy films
- 1960s spy films
- Films directed by Seth Holt
- Films set in London
- Seafaring films
- United Artists films
- Amicus Productions films
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in the Channel Islands
