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After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
Françoise Rosay
- Madame Prade
- (as Francoise Rosay)
Andre Charisse
- Waiter at Villa
- (uncredited)
Roy Everson
- Onlooker at London Crash
- (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
- Onlooker at Crash
- (uncredited)
Dickie Owen
- London Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSean Connery visited the set during filming in the South of France. He was dating Diane Cilento at the time. They married the following year.
- GoofsNear the beginning of the film, after Alan successfully passes the truck and pulls over to the side of the road, he leaps out of the car without setting the parking brake. Denise is seen pulling on the handbrake, but the car continues to move until the end of the shot, with the front of the car going past the roadside sign. In the next shot, the car has been moved back so that its front is even with the sign.
- Quotes
David Prade: You know, only the unsuccessful murderers disclose their crimes.
Alan Colby: And the successful ones?
David Prade: Well, they draw their reward from a feeling of personal power.
- Alternate versionsColumbia cut the film to 93 min when they released it in the US, but the TV arm of Columbia, Screen Gems, syndicated a toned down 107 min. print to US television for years.
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Sags A Bit, But Pulls Up Its Socks
Race car driver Ronald Lewis was in a road accident with his French wife, Diane Cilentro; the driver of the truck involved was killed, and Lewis was injured. A year later, he is recovered enough to go to the Riviera with his wife. But he has changed emotionally. He's subject to sudden bursts of jealous anger and fantasies about strangling his wife. So when she is pleasant with psychiatrist Claude Dauphin, the fits come on. When they return to London, the cycle continues until Miss Cilento persuades Lewis to see Dauphin professionally.
Miss Cilento is always worth watching, and it's not solely because of her great beauty. It's Lewis who shines. He's quite believable as a man who can and and does turn violent over seeming trifles. I must admit that 110 minutes seemed to go on too long, and I thought the movie might have been cut a little closer; I was considering fast-forwarding three a bit of it at the 70-minute mark. I didn't, and figured out what was going to happen instead.
Director-coscripter Val Guest was better known for works like CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER and MR. DRAKE'S DUCK than psychological thrillers, so it wasn't surprising to me when this veered off into melodrama. Still, it's a nicely complicated little plot, and the lead trio are fine actors, making this a very pleasant movie.
Miss Cilento is always worth watching, and it's not solely because of her great beauty. It's Lewis who shines. He's quite believable as a man who can and and does turn violent over seeming trifles. I must admit that 110 minutes seemed to go on too long, and I thought the movie might have been cut a little closer; I was considering fast-forwarding three a bit of it at the 70-minute mark. I didn't, and figured out what was going to happen instead.
Director-coscripter Val Guest was better known for works like CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER and MR. DRAKE'S DUCK than psychological thrillers, so it wasn't surprising to me when this veered off into melodrama. Still, it's a nicely complicated little plot, and the lead trio are fine actors, making this a very pleasant movie.
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- May 16, 2023
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- Also known as
- Der unsichtbare Schatten
- Filming locations
- Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, England, UK(Ronald and Diane's London apartment)
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- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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