Stephen Boyd

Dolores Hart

Leo McKern

Hugh Griffith

Donald Pleasence

Harry Andrews

Robert Stephens

Marius Goring

Finlay Currie

Geoffrey Keen

Neil McCallum

Jean Anderson

Jane Jordan Rogers

Jack Gwillim

Arthur Gross

Anne Dickins

Vi Stevens

Derek Francis

Victor Brooks

Geoffrey Frederick

Clifford Elkin

Philip Dunne

Jan de Hartog

Elliot Scott

Charles Blair

Paul Wilson

Ernest Walter

Malcolm Arnold

Kip Gowans

David Middlemas

Wally Schneiderman

Elaine Schreyeck

J.B. Smith

Nora Roberts

Gerry Turner

Nelson Gidding

Roy Baker

John O'Gorman

A.W. Watkins

Arthur Ibbetson

Joan Smallwood

Mark Robson

Drama

Romance

The Inspector

Red Lion

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

Philip Dunne has assembled quite a decent cast for this post-war thriller. "Lisa" (Dolores Hart) wants to get to Palestine - then under the British Mandate - and so enlists the help of a Dutch police officer "Jongman" (Stephen Boyd) who helps her navigate the tricky journey. The travelogue narrative is fairly straightforward, peppered with strong contributions from an on-form Leo McKern as barge captain "Brandt"; Hugh Griffith, Donald Pleasance and Marius Goring (though not, perhaps, Harry Andrews so much as the oddly cast "Ayoob"). Boyd is much better than usual too; his part has more for him to get his teeth into as his character starts to really care for his troubled companion. The film, though, really belongs to Hart. She encapsulates well the sense of trauma and loss experienced by her holocaust surviving character. Her mania when stuck in the bilges of the barge to avoid capture is palpable, as are many of the perilous scenarios she must face as her attempt at repatriation gathers pace. Talking of pace, the film moves along well with a sparing amount of dialogue that allows us to feel like we, too, have some skin in her game.

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