Foreign Intrigue (film)

1956 film
  • May 28, 1956 (1956-05-28) (United States)
Running time
100 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguages
  • English
  • German
  • Swedish
  • French
Box office$1 million (US)[1]

Foreign Intrigue is a 1956 American Eastmancolor film noir crime film starring Robert Mitchum.[2] The film is written, produced and directed by Sheldon Reynolds, who had produced a television series called Foreign Intrigue in 1951.

Foreign Intrigue was one of the first major Hollywood films to be based on a popular TV series.

Plot

Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop (Robert Mitchum), wants to know more about his employer's life. Surprisingly, not even his young wife knows anything about her husband's background or how he earned his fortune. Bishop enters into a world of espionage and blackmail while uncovering Danemore's secret past. Clues lead Bishop to Vienna and Stockholm, where he learns that Danemore was blackmailing people who cooperated with the Nazis during World War II.

Cast

  • Robert Mitchum as Dave Bishop
  • Geneviève Page as Dominique Danemore
  • Ingrid Thulin (als Ingrid Tulean) as Brita Lindquist
  • Frédéric O'Brady as Jonathan Spring
  • Eugene Deckers as Pierre Sandoz
  • Inga Tidblad as Mrs. Lindquist
  • Lauritz Falk as Jones
  • Frederick Schrecker as Karl Mannheim
  • Georges Hubert as Dr. Thibault
  • Peter Copley as Brown
  • Lily Kann as Blind Housekeeper
  • Ralph Brown as Smith
  • Milo Sperber as Sergeant Baum
  • Jim Gérald as Cafe Owner
  • Jean Galland as Victor Danemore

See also

References

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
  2. ^ Foreign Intrigue at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films


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