Michael Caine

Mickey Rooney

Lionel Stander

Lizabeth Scott

Nadia Cassini

Dennis Price

Al Lettieri

Leopoldo Trieste

Amerigo Tot

Robert Sacchi

Giulio Donnini

Luciano Pigozzi

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Liù Bosisio

Cristina Gaïoni

Janet Ågren

Irene Sophie Opperman

Iver Gilborn

Elaine Olcott

Ave Ninchi

Ermelinda De Felice

Werner Hasselmann

Louise Lambert

Victor Mercieca

Cettina Borg Olivier

Joe Zammit Cordina

Mike Hodges

Michael Dryhurst

Gerry Humphreys

Robert Sterne

John Jay

Denton Scott

George Martin

Syd Nightingale

Doreen Dearnaley

Dusty Miller

Philippe Pickford

Jean Osborne

Peter Horrocks

Ron Ballanger

Michael Klinger

John Glen

Ousama Rawi

Patrick Downing

Darrell Lass

George Partleton

Irene Lamb

Mike Jones

Gitt Magrini

Paul Engelen

Christian Wangler

Richard Laughton

Vicki Deason

Mystery

Crime

Drama

Pulp

Three Michaels Film Productions

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

Despite an half decent cast, Michael Caine ("King") just can't carry this and after about fifteen minutes, once we have established the premiss, it all just falls into a well trammelled line of mediocrity. He is a sort of penny dreadful style of author, who is offered the opportunity to write the biography of former Hollywood star "Preston Gilbert" (Mickey Rooney) at his Maltese home. Once there, he soon appreciates that his employer is the target of an assassin working for some mobsters. Suffice to say, he doesn't remain a target for long - and it falls to "King" to stay alive himself, whilst completing his story about the eccentric "Gilbert". It had potential, this - but sadly the plot runs out of steam very quickly, the humour is too sparse and contrived and though there are plenty of bit-part characterisations that try to keep the story interesting, it all just withers on the bough. Not terrible, but unremarkable.

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