Rent The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
3.4 of 5 from 79 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- When his suspicions are raised by a series of gruesome, yet seemingly unrelated deaths, Adrian asks his friend, retired MT5 agent Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), to solve the unfolding mystery of a secret list bearing the names of the deceased. When Messenger is himself killed, it transpires that a sinister villain is using a variety disguises and schemes to bump off the eleven names on the list. Always seemingly one step ahead of the wily Gethryn, this criminal mastermind's plot is about to come to its disastrous and devilish conclusion as the fate of the name at the bottom of the list draws ever nearer.
- Actors:
- Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott, Dana Wynter, Clive Brook, Gladys Cooper, Herbert Marshall, Jacques Roux, John Merivale, Marcel Dalio, Bernard Archard, Tony Huston, Ronald Long, Alan Caillou, Constance Cavendish, Jimmy Charters, Marie Conmee
- Directors:
- John Huston
- Producers:
- Edward Lewis
- Writers:
- Anthony Veiller, Philip MacDonald, Alec Coppel
- Studio:
- Metrodome
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Burt Lancaster, Instant Expert's Guide to John Huston, The Instant Expert's Guide
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The List of Adrian Messenger
Interesting ... - The List of Adrian Messenger review by Dr Waerdnotte
Interesting mid-period Huston. Anchored by a decent performance from George C. Scott, the story has an implausible plot and, even though it is the 1960s, is based around a very American idea of England. Essentially a whodunnit, even though we know whodunnit pretty early on, most of the film is built around the various disguises of the character played by Kirk Douglas. Other A list celebs are revealed at the end as heavily disguised small part characters, which was probably exciting in 1960 but loses its appeal pretty early on. Interesting score by Jerry Goldsmith, but otherwise there is very little to recommend. Purely for John Huston completists
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