Barry Newman

Suzy Kendall

John Vernon

Dolph Sweet

Ben Kingsley

Ray McAnally

Peter Marinker

Roland Brand

Tony Anholt

Elliott Sullivan

John Alderson

James Berwick

Hal Galili

Ernie Heldman

Michael Tuchner

Robert Carrington

Alistair MacLean

Jay Kanter

Elliott Kastner

Alan Ladd Jr.

Gavrik Losey

Roy Budd

Alex Thomson

Ray Lovejoy

Mary Selway

Syd Cain

Maurice Carter

Ronnie Cogan

Bob Lawrance

Colin M. Brewer

Peter Cotton

Chris Kenny

David Munro

Simon Wakefield

Stan Fiferman

Tony Jackson

Derek Meddings

Nick Allder

Joie Chitwood Jr.

Carey Loftin

Joe Powell

Colin Corby

K.C. Jones

Brian Frost

Bill Rowe

Action

Thriller

Fear Is the Key

Paramount Pictures

Anglo-EMI

United Kingdom

Peter McGinn

I can only assume they changed the story somewhat from the book because I can’t imagine Alastair MacLaine writing a story with so may plot holes and instances where people who interacted with the hero (?) did so many dumb things. It starts with a scene that seems to have nothing to do with the main body of the plot once that  gets going, so that is a rather heavy handed giveaway that the scene is in fact a segue containing the explanation for what is to follow, thus giving away to me at least a major plot twist. Ands when the action does begin, it does so with a seemingly endless chase scene involving half of the police cars in Louisiana, the drivers of which apparently didn’t have radio contact as they never coordinated their efforts but just lined up in polite single file to be disabled or driven into deep water.

But I will stop describing the plot here, so as not to give too much more away, as well as not to establish the admission that I watched most of this stinker.

English

Unboxing

Original Trailer