Deadfall (1968 film)
1968 British film by Bryan Forbes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1968 British film by Bryan Forbes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deadfall is a 1968 British neo noir crime film written and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Michael Caine, Eric Portman, Giovanna Ralli and Forbes's wife Nanette Newman, with music by John Barry in his final collaboration with Forbes.[1] Barry also plays a musical conductor in the film. It is based on Desmond Cory's 1965 thriller and shot in and around Majorca, Spain. The film's theme song, "My Love Has Two Faces", was performed by Shirley Bassey.
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| Directed by | Bryan Forbes |
| Written by | Bryan Forbes |
| Based on | "Deadfall" by Desmond Cory |
| Produced by | Paul Monash |
| Starring | Michael Caine Giovanna Ralli Eric Portman Nanette Newman David Buck Carlos Pierre |
| Cinematography | Gerry Turpin |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
| Music by | John Barry |
Production company | Salamander Film Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cat burglar Henry Clarke checks himself into a Spanish sanatorium for alcoholics under a false pretence. His true motivation is to get closer to a wealthy patient named Salinas and then rob his magnificent house.
Clarke is approached by Fé Moreau and her much older husband, Richard, to form a criminal alliance. As a test run before the real robbery, they break into another stately home. After risking his life on a ledge, Clarke becomes so angered by Richard's failure to crack the safe that, with great effort, he drags the entire safe and its contents out of the house.
Fé and Clarke begin a romantic affair, which Richard, who has a young male lover, does not discourage. Fé buys a new E-Type Jaguar (known as XK-E in the USA) convertible for Clarke and tells him the safe contained jewels worth at least $500,000.
Before the time comes to rob Salinas's mansion, Fé travels to Tangier without letting Clarke know she was leaving. Richard then tells Clarke a harrowing tale of how he once betrayed his male lover to the Nazis and later impregnated the man's wife. Their baby was Fé, but, choosing not to tell her that she was his daughter, Richard married her.
A contemptuous Clarke decides to break into Salinas's mansion on his own. Fé returns and is shocked when a suicidal and depressed Richard reveals the truth about their relationship. She races to the Salinas mansion and inadvertently alerts a guard, who shoots Clarke coming out a window. He falls to his death.
Fé attends a funeral. Afterwards, she is led off by police while Richard's homosexual lover drives off in Clarke's car.
The movie received a positive review in the New York Times.[2][3]
According to Fox records the film required $5,350,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $2,575,000 so made a loss to the studio.[4]
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