Rent Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
3.1 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
Australian detective Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor) is sent to London to arrest and return for trial the Australian High Commissioner to the UK, Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer) in this 1960s Cold war drama. Malone's boss believes there is sufficient evidence to charge Quentin with the murder of his first wife that occurred many years earlier. On Malone's arrival in London he finds that Quentin is chairman of an international conference attempting to bridge political divides through trade. Malone agrees to allow Quentin to conclude the conference but stumbles into a plot to assassinate the High Commissioner. Instead of arresting Quentin, Malone becomes his bodyguard and foils an assassination attempt at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Plots and counter plots abound but Malone must track down the real killer of Quentin's first wife and keep him alive long enough to prove his innocence!! - Actors:
- Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Derren Nesbitt, Edric Connor, Burt Kwouk, Russell Napier, Ken Wayne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Franchot Tone, Vincent Ball, Keith Bonnard, Peter Clay, Gerry Crampton, Shaun Curry
- Directors:
- Ralph Thomas
- Producers:
- Betty E. Box
- Writers:
- Jon Cleary, Wilfred Greatorex
- Studio:
- Strawberry Media
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Introducing a British Film Family
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A Little 60s Gem - Nobody Runs Forever review by GI
Adapted from a popular novel that spawned a series of books with the main character this is a neat and enjoyable British thriller starring Rod Taylor, an Australian actor who made some very interesting but often forgotten films during the 60s and who made a recent guest appearance in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009). In this little gem he plays Scobie Malone, a hard Aussie Detective, who is sent to London to bring back Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer), the Australian High Commissioner, on a charge of the murder of his first wife many years earlier. Scobie soon finds the task is a lot more complicated than he'd anticipated as he soon gets embroiled in a political conspiracy. Full of some tough fight sequences and with a twist and turn plot this is a potboiler that shows that the 60s were littered with some great little films especially British productions that used real locations for the action. A film worth seeking out as it's great fun and to see Taylor at his best. NB: The film had an alternative title of The High Commissioner in some other countries.
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