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The Passage
An ice-swept escape route in front of them. A cold-blooded killer behind them. The only way out is up.
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
- Original title
- The Passage
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
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CinemaSerf
Jun 5, 2023 · via TMDB
Malcom McDowall manages to portray the epitome of Nazi SS nastiness in this story with a worryingly natural aplomb! He is leading a party pursuing James Mason ("Prof. Bergson") who, alongside his family, is being smuggled from France into Spain by the wily shepherd Anthony Quinn. Their journey is fraught with danger as they must cross the inhospitable terrain of the Pyrenee mountains with snow up to their thighs - whilst McDowall ("Capt. Von Berkow") uses just about every brutal technique in the book to strike fear into everyone who has seen/helped them as he tries to apprehend the professor. The production standards are a bit on the low side (not that the cold and variable light quality could have been of much help); the dialogue is badly captured with a poor audio mix and although there are certainly some horrific scenes - the end of Christopher Lee's brief contribution comes to mind - it's is all just a bit on the procedural side. Quinn portrays the cantankerous, brave, Basque very much it style of many of his previous roles - he sort of grunts his way though the thing with little by way of engagement with us, the audience, and the ending goes from thrilling to silly in a matter of a few frames!. The photography is splendid, and the story has a taut pace to it - it just isn't very good.
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Anthony Quinn
The Basque
James Mason
Professor Bergson
Malcolm McDowell
Capt. Von Berkow
Patricia Neal
Mrs. Bergson
Kay Lenz
Leah Bergson
Paul Clemens
Paul Bergson
Christopher Lee
Gypsy
Michael Lonsdale
Renoudot
Marcel Bozzuffi
Perea
Peter Arne
Guide
Neville Jason
Lt. Reinke
Robert Brown
Major
Rose Alba
Madame Alba
Jim Broadbent
German Soldier (uncredited)
Frederick Jaeger
German Major (uncredited)
J. Lee Thompson
Director
Maurice Binder
Associate Producer
Maurice Binder
Executive Producer
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