A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Mr. Luke - British consul
- (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Jill Balcon
- Wardress
- (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
- Cafe Mimosa Patron
- (uncredited)
John Boxer
- Police Sergeant at Customs Cafe
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Eric Ambler(The Dark Frontier, 1936)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe large signet ring that Commandant Razinski wears on his right hand little finger was one of Marius Goring's own. He wears it again many times in The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) as Sir Percy Blakeney and in The Old Men at The Zoo (1983) as Emile Englander.
- GoofsAt about 1:16, as Clark/Lockwood are about to emerge from the woods, they have a short dialogue re the insects and why/how/etc. Immediately after Clark says,"They're just insects," he rises from a squatting position and what sounds like a mellifluous bit of flatulence can be noted.
- Quotes
Bill Casey: [referring to police Commandant Razinski] There's a rumor going around that he had a mother.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Player (1992)
Featured review
Great Escapism from the Lovely Miss Lockwood
Many of the other reviews refer to the thin and unbelievable plot and casting. I beg to differ. 90% of modern films are pure unbelievable west coast Amertican dross, just think of the fare from Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and all the high school, college, so called coming of age movies awash with those stupid Californian accents, etc, etc, etc.
This is a British B/W film of the early 50s and has the benefit of Margaret Lockwood playing against type in a plot line which holds up well, it is a movie after all, escapism, and perfectly encapsulates the early post war, cold war fears and demons of the time, played in a gentle tongue in cheek way by the cast and director.
I enjoyed it immensely, and so will you. Give it a go, far superior to most modern movies.
This is a British B/W film of the early 50s and has the benefit of Margaret Lockwood playing against type in a plot line which holds up well, it is a movie after all, escapism, and perfectly encapsulates the early post war, cold war fears and demons of the time, played in a gentle tongue in cheek way by the cast and director.
I enjoyed it immensely, and so will you. Give it a go, far superior to most modern movies.
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- jw-jw
- May 28, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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