Golden Salamander (film)
| Golden Salamander | |
|---|---|
Eagle-Lion (US) | |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Golden Salamander is a 1950 British
Locarno International Film Festival.[1] It is based on Victor Canning's 1949 novel The Golden Salamander. about a British archaeologist
in North Africa who runs afoul of a crime syndicate.
It was shot at
Eagle-Lion
the following year.
Plot
Sent by the
wartime German occupation of France
. Realising that Max is mixed up in the gun-running, Redfern decides to remain silent about what he has witnessed and concentrate instead on his job of removing the artefacts as quickly as he can.
As he spends time in Anna's company, Redfern falls in love with her and decides to help Max escape from the criminal existence in which he has become trapped and send him to
painter he can make a fresh start. However Max is killed by his associate on the way to Tunis
.
Realising that Redfern knows too much about their operations, Serafis, the head of the criminal outfit, and his henchman Rankl plan to kill him and make it look like an accident. With the help of a friend, Redfern is able to escape. Tracked by his enemies during the town's annual
boar
hunt, he manages to demonstrate to the authorities that the gang have murdered Max.
Cast
- Trevor Howard as David Redfern
- Anouk Aimée as Anna
- Herbert Lom as Rankl
- Jacques Sernas as Max
- Walter Rilla as Serafis
- Miles Malleson as Douvet
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Agno
- Peter Copley as Aribi
- Marcel Poncin as Dommic
- Kathleen Boutall as Mme. Guillard
- Eugene Deckers as Police Chief
- Percy Walsh as Guillard
- Sybille Binder as Mme. Labree
- Valentine Dyall as Ben Ahrim
- Henry Edwards as Jeffries
References
- ^ "Golden Salamander - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Johnson p. 219
Bibliography
- Ian Johnson. William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music. Boydell Press, 2005.
External links
- Golden Salamander at IMDb
- Golden Salamander at Rotten Tomatoes
