The Man Inside (1958 film)
The Man Inside is a 1958 British crime adventure film brought to the screen by Warwick Film Productions. The screenplay by David Shaw was based on a novel by M. E. Chaber and the film was directed by John Gilling. Bonar Colleano played his last role in it before he died in a car accident.[2]
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Directed by | John Gilling |
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Cinematography | Ted Moore |
Edited by | Bert Rule |
Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,500,000[1] |
Plot
Sam Carter (Nigel Patrick) is a jeweller's clerk who dreams of stealing a fortune in diamonds and eventually does so, but he kills a man in the process. He then embarks on the high life, but is pursued across Europe by a private detective, Milo March (Jack Palance); a woman named Trudi Hall (Anita Ekberg); and two thugs, Martin Lomer (Bonar Colleano) and Gerard Heinz (Robert Stone). These characters end up trying to outwit each other over the largest diamond, which is worth $700,000, on a train travelling to London. March describes the diamond as "$700,000 of unhappiness" because people are willing to do anything to get it.
Cast
- Jack Palance as Milo March
- Anita Ekberg as Trudie Hall
- Nigel Patrick as Sam Carter
- Anthony Newley as Ernesto Garcia
- Bonar Colleano as Martin Lomer
- Sean Kelly as Rizzio
- Sid James as Franklin
- Donald Pleasence as Organgrinder
- Eric Pohlmann as Manuel Tristao
- Josephine Brown as Mrs Frazur
- Gerard Heinz as Robert Stone
- Alec Mango as Lopez
- Alfred Burke as Mr Pritchard
- Bill Shine as English Husband
- Naomi Chance as Jane Leighton
- Walter Gotell as Profuno
Production
Alan Ladd was originally announced to play the lead,[3] and later it was announced that Victor Mature was going to play it.[4]
In October 1957 filming for the project was pushed back from November 1957 to April 1958 in order to allow for Warwick's challenged cash flow following the box office disappointment of Fire Down Below.[1]
References
- "Warwick Shrinks Overhead and Sked". Variety. 23 October 1957. p. 4.
- "Bonar Colleano Biography - Yahoo! Movies". movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011.
- Edwin Schallert, 'Alan Ladd Gets Huge England Deal; Hunting Film Stars Prime Trio', Los Angeles Times 16 Sep 1957: C11
- STUDIO SUSPENDS KIM NOVAK PACT: Columbia Acts After She Refuses Paramount Role-- Debbie Reynolds to Star Nature Has Its Way New York Times 31 August 1957: 18.
External links
- The Man Inside at IMDb
- The Man Inside at AllMovie
- The Man Inside at the TCM Movie Database