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Margot Kidder | ... |
Mickey Raymond
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Robert Hays | ... |
Terry Leonard
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David Suchet | ... |
Inspector Stagnos
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Gila von Weitershausen | ... |
Eva Werner
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Daniel Faraldo | ... |
Nino Tenucci
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Ronald Lacey | ... |
Princess Aida
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John Justin | ... |
Marquis De Pena
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Pauline Delaney | ... |
Lizzy O'Reilly
(as Pauline Delany)
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P.G. Stephens | ... |
Sean O'Reilly
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Leopoldo Trieste | ... |
Esteban Ortega
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Brizio Montinaro | ... |
Corporal Lascaris
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Martin Sorrentino | ... |
Afro-Dite
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Luciano Crovato | ... |
Taxi Driver
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Massimo Sarchielli | ... |
Boss Arab
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Jennifer Darling | ... |
Laurie
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Kevork Malikyan | ... |
Arab
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Vic Tablian | ... |
Achmed
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Brian Coburn | ... |
Burly Salt
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Fifi Moyer | ... |
Mother
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Marcello Krakoff | ... |
Child
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Philip Alexander | ... |
Child
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Brian Eubanks | ... |
Child
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Saviour Tanti | ... |
Passport Agent / Officer
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Nadine Azzopardi | ... |
Stewardess
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Emanuel Abela | ... |
Man at Museum Post Card Rack
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Charles Saliba | ... |
Bartender
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Benny Farrugia | ... |
Bartender
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Margaret von Brockdorff | ... |
Nun
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Ruth Borthwick | ... |
Nun
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Freda Camilleri | ... |
Nun
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Lilly Harding | ... |
Nun
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Narcy Calamatta | ... |
Tour Guide
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Anthony Spiteri | ... |
Bald Man
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Joe Quattromani | ... |
Man in Fez
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Eddie Baldacchino | ... |
Wheelman at Dragonara Casino
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Joe Coppini | ... |
Fish Monger
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Harry Jones | ... |
Man with Duffle Bag
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Michael Kissaun | ... |
Backstage Man
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Charles Darmanin | ... |
Museum Guard
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Joe Abela | ... |
Museum Guard
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Anna Cachia | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michael Tuchner |
Written by
Jeffrey Price | ... | (written by) & |
Peter S. Seaman | ... | (written by) (as Peter Seaman) |
Produced by
Jerry Leider | ... | producer |
Joel Morwood | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Charles Fox |
Cinematography by
Tonino Delli Colli |
Editing by
Frank J. Urioste |
Editorial Department
Derek Brechin | ... | assistant editor |
Alec Smight | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Pam Polifroni |
Production Design by
Rodger Maus |
Art Direction by
John B. Mansbridge |
Set Decoration by
Harry Cordwell | ||
Roger M. Shook | ... | (as Roger Shook) |
Costume Design by
Gloria Musetta | ... | (as Gloria Mussetta) |
Makeup Department
Leonard Drake | ... | hairstyling |
Pierantonio Mecacci | ... | makeup artist |
Robert J. Schiffer | ... | makeup supervisor (as Robert J. Schiffer CMAA) |
Production Management
E. Darrell Hallenbeck | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carlo Cotti | ... | first assistant director |
Michael Kissaun | ... | second assistant director |
Doug Metzger | ... | second assistant director: USA |
Mark R. Schilz | ... | first assistant director: USA (as Mark Schilz) |
Sound Department
Nick Alphin | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jean-Louis Ducarme | ... | sound supervisor |
George Fredrick | ... | sound editor |
Robert Hathaway | ... | sound supervisor (as Bob Hathaway) |
Joseph A. Parker | ... | supervising sound editor |
Richard Portman | ... | re-recording mixer (as Richard R. Portman) |
Frank Regula | ... | re-recording mixer (as Frank C. Regula) |
Allen Hurd | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Al Maguire | ... | adr editor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Georges Iaconelli | ... | special effects (as George Iaconelli) |
Mario Cassar | ... | special effects foreman: Malta (uncredited) |
Stunts
Christian Bonnichon | ... | stunts |
Jean-Claude Bonnichon | ... | stunts (as J.C. Bonnichon) |
Dominique Julienne | ... | stunts |
Michel Julienne | ... | stunts |
Rémy Julienne | ... | stunt coordinator (as Remy Julienne) |
Brigitte Magnin | ... | stunts |
Scott Hubbell | ... | water safety (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Isidore Mankofsky | ... | director of photography: second unit |
Carlo Tafani | ... | camera operator |
Sandro Battaglia | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Guidarino Guidi | ... | casting: Rome |
Maude Spector | ... | casting: London |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jack Sandeen | ... | costume supervisor |
Music Department
Jack Wadsworth | ... | music editor |
Tom Brown | ... | music copyist (uncredited) |
George Doering | ... | musician (uncredited) |
Shawn Murphy | ... | scoring mixer (uncredited) |
Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Rachel Griffiths | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Simon Benzakein | ... | production coordinator |
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer: Modern Film Effects |
Harriet Greenberg | ... | production assistant: USA |
Alba Maria Ruggeri | ... | production assistant: Rome (as Albamaria Ruggieri) |
Stephen J. Kerr | ... | evp southeast asia (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1983) (United States) (theatrical)
- Greater Union Organisation (GUO) (1983) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Home Video (1985) (Australia) (VHS) (under "Walt Disney Home Video" label)
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1983) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1988) (Greece) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video (West Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Mediterranean Film Facilities (filmed on location in Malta in collaboration with)
- Modern Film Effects (titles)
- The Kursaal Company (courtesy of: filming at the Dragonara Palace Hotel and Casino)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
San Francisco court stenographer Mickey Raymond wants to become the next great mystery crime novelist, but believes she has to experience life to find her stories. So she travels to Malta for a two week vacation to find that first story, with the plan being that she will insert herself into the story after the fact as its private detective heroine. She is unaware that the simple act of purchasing some postcards at a souvenir stand outside a museum would trigger that story, as one of those postcards was placed there by a man as a clue to the subject of a crime. Soon thereafter, she is mugged and people around her end up dead, she also knowing that people are after her to kill her. She gets little help from the local police, they believing she is trying to manufacture a story for her novel and ultimately believing that she may be a criminal herself and not a victim. Although ill-prepared to be that detective for real but not wanting to be a victim, she decides to find out why people would want her dead for what they believe she knows or what she has. She enlists the help of anyone who she believes she can trust, including: Terry Leonard, an American tourist for who it was hate at first sight because of his sleazy yet obvious scams to pick up women, those scams which she will learn is to hide the fact of being a nothing in his real life; Nino Tenucci, an Elvis Presley loving Italian tourist who initially tried to pick her up but eventually divulges to her that he is an investigative reporter working on a story, the story into which she has stumbled; Eva Werner, a cold-as-ice German travel critic, who nonetheless wants there to be solidarity among women; Sean and Lizzy O'Reilly, a caring elderly Irish couple staying at the same inn as her, they who believe she and Terry would make a nice couple; and a local taxi driver who does whatever he needs to to get her as his constant fare. But in the course of Mickey trying to find out what is going on, she will find that not everyone that she trusts is truly as he or she appears on the surface... Written by Huggo |
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Box Office
Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United States | $2,192,621, 13 Mar 1983 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, known for its family fare. Yet, since it contains adult themes that some felt were inappropriate for the studio's image, the Disney name appears nowhere on the film. Disney ultimately created the Touchstone Pictures brand in order to release more adult fare. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Stinkers of 1983 (1983). See more » |
Soundtracks | Stop! In the Name of Love See more » |
Quotes |
Mickey Raymond:
[mocking Terry Leonard]
It embarrases me when people give me special treatment for what I do. See more » |