In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.In England, an American expat is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband but things are not what they seem to be at first glance.
- Undercover Policeman
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- Restaurant Patron
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- Police Officer in Courtroom
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- Court Clerk
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- Barman
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Did you know
- TriviaStrand On the Green, the Sheppard's address in the film is the name of an actual street in London W4. It is located immediately to the east of Kew Bridge, along the north bank of the river Thames.
- GoofsThe woman Dan Duryea has been following goes into a bar. He's seen from the inside spreading the horizontal bands of a venetian blind to see what's gong on but the blind would be on the inside of the window and he's supposed to be on the outside.
- Quotes
Carl Lutcher: You know something? I hate people. They're the worst thing that ever happened to this world. They're liars and cheats. You can't trust any of them.
Maisie: Some of my best friends are people!
Carl Lutcher: Well, you'll learn, That's all I got to say.
Maisie: Oh, Lutch, don't be mad. You'll get another job. Things always turn out for the best.
Carl Lutcher: You know, when I was a kid, I caught a lot of birds one day. I laid a branch of a tree on the ground and covered it in that sticky stuff, that bird lime, you know? And all these birds got stuck on it. There must have been about a dozen of them. I wished I could get them off but I didn't know how. I couldn't get rid of them. So I ran around, waving the branch and shaking it and banging it against a wall. But I still couldn't get them off. I busted their legs and everything. I nearly went crazy. I couldn't just throw it away and leave them there. So you know what I did? I stuck them all in a big tank of water and drowned them.
- ConnectionsReferences The War Lover (1962)
Duryea plays a criminal, Lutcher, who tells his girlfriend (Shirley Cameron) that he has a job. We see him shadowing the wife of an architect, Ellen (Owens). She arrives home with her husband and his partner. The partner goes upstairs. Lutcher walks in and shoots Ellen's husband (Terence Cooper).
Ellen collapses, which causes Lutcher to act surprised. He wants the rest of his money - after all, she's the one that hired him to kill her husband. The devastated Ellen vehemently denies this.
Duryea is wonderful, and this will keep you guessing until the end. As far as the actress playing his girlfriend, Shirley Cameron, I didn't understand one word that came out of her mouth.
Otherwise really interesting.
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- Tanz auf dem Drahtseil
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1