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When Eight Bells Toll
Danger runs deeper than the sea bed!
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions in gold bullion off the western coast of the Scottish highlands. His search takes him to the small port town of Torbay on the Isle of Torbay where numerous fishing boats, yachts and people have been mysteriously disappearing. A trail of deceit and subterfuge leads him to Cypriot tycoon and shipping magnate Sir Anthony Skouras and his beautiful wife, Charlotte aboard their luxury yacht anchored off the coast, who may hold the answers to the truth.
- Original title
- When Eight Bells Toll
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Revenue
- $5,400,000
CinemaSerf
May 29, 2023 · via TMDB
Alistair Maclean always could pen a good a crime thriller, and his adaptation of his own novel lends much to this, otherwise, rather lacklustre production. It stars Anthony Hopkins as an agent who is despatched by Robert Morley ("Sir Arthur") to investigate the loss of a ship off the Northern coast of Scotland. Once he arrives in this remote coastal community, he quickly discovers his task to be quite perilous - something is amiss. Shortly afterwards, he encounters the cruising millionaire "Sir Anthony Skouras" (Jack Hawkins) and open hostility towards him begins. Sadly, neither Morley nor Hawkins are anywhere near their best in this, and though Hopkins - and the writer - do manage to build a gentle head of steam with the plot, the film is almost a dreary as the weather conditions. It just doesn't really ever manage to get going. There are too many implausibles in the plot - and the ending, complete with a crossbow and a blow-torch just didn't quite work. The score is a bit too overpowering (and the main theme repetitive) and is relied upon much too heavily to augment, even create, what tension and suspense there is. It's still a good watch, but more for some super underwater photography, and some nice Caithness scenery than for anything else.
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Anthony Hopkins
Philip Calvert
Robert Morley
Uncle Arthur
Nathalie Delon
Charlotte
Jack Hawkins
Sir Anthony Skouras
Corin Redgrave
Hunslett
Derek Bond
Lord Charnley
Ferdy Mayne
Lavorski
Maurice Roëves
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Wendy Allnutt
Sue Kirkside
Peter Arne
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Oliver MacGreevy
Quinn
Edward Burnham
Macullum
Del Henney
Dungeon Guard
Bill Brandon
Thug (uncredited)
Charles Gray
Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
Prentis Hancock
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Étienne Périer
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Elliott Kastner
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Angela Morley
Original Music Composer
Alistair MacLean
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