Danger Route
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]
| Danger Route | |
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 Original film poster | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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 as Jonas Wilde
- Carol Lynley as Jocelyn
- Barbara Bouchet as Marita
- Sylvia Syms as Barbara Canning
- Gordon Jackson as Brian Stern
- Diana Dors as Rhoda Gooderich
- Maurice Denham as Peter Ravenspur
- Sam Wanamaker as Lucinda
- David Bauer as Bennett
- Robin Bailey as Parsons
- Harry Andrews as Canning
- Julian Chagrin as Matsys
- Reg Lye as Balin
- Leslie Sands as Man in Cinema
- Timothy Bateson as 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]
It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Mingaye.
Holt called the film "dreadful. I scarcely saw it finished. I had a very difficult schedule. I was waiting between one and another and I needed the bread."[6]
References
- http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30649
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=72184
- https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B01E6DC1F39E134BC4E53DFB0668383679EDE
- Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 47-48
- Gough-Yates, Kevin (November–December 1969). "Seth Holt interview". Screen. Vol. 10 no. 6. p. 17.