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29 May 1963 (USA) more
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5 Great Stars Challenge You to Guess the Disguised Roles they Play! more
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Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tony Curtis ... Cameo

Kirk Douglas ... George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson

Burt Lancaster ... Cameo

Robert Mitchum ... Cameo

Frank Sinatra ... Himself

George C. Scott ... Anthony Gethryn

Dana Wynter ... Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm
Clive Brook ... Marquis of Gleneyre
Gladys Cooper ... Mrs. Karoudjian
Herbert Marshall ... Sir Wilfrid Lucas
Jacques Roux ... Raoul Le Borg
John Merivale ... Adrian Messenger
Marcel Dalio ... Max Karoudjian
Bernard Archard ... Insp. Pike
Tony Huston ... Derek Bruttenholm (as Walter Anthony Huston)
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98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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According to some reports, Frank Sinatra's heavily disguised cameo appearance in film was actually the work of facially similar actor Dave Willock; Sinatra only appeared at end of the film in unmasking sequence where he peeled off makeup. more
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Crew or equipment visible: During many of the horse-riding close-ups, a wire (presumably some kind of safety device) can be seen behind the actors. more
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One of the makeups meant to be Kirk Douglas is clearly Jan Merlin. Does anyone know why Merlin was substituted for Douglas? Was Douglas' skin sensitive after wearing makeup so long that someone else needed to stand in for him?
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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A gem, 8 February 2000
10/10
Author: vukodlak from Belgrade

Because of that gimmick with Curtis, Mitchum, Sinatra and Lancaster people seem to regard this film as a sort of spot-the-star contest. But it is much more than that. Excellent acting (especially Douglas in what must be his best role since Paths of Glory), superb music (Jerry Goldsmith) and brilliant direction of John Huston more than make up for occasional lapses in the story.

The story is quite simple, but the less said the better. The 'list' in question is a list of 10 names of people from all over the UK, who seem to have nothing in common except...well just see the movie.

And spotting the stars is quite fun too.

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