"The ultimate exercise in controlled terror."

1974

1h 46m

6.2(83 votes)

Thriller

Action

Crime

Overview

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.

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Cast & Crew

31 members

Acting

Michael Caine

Maj. John Tarrant

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Donald Pleasence

Cedric Harper

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Delphine Seyrig

Ceil Burrows

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Clive Revill

Alf Chestermann

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John Vernon

McKee

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Joss Ackland

Chief Supt. Wray

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Janet Suzman

Alex Tarrant

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Catherine Schell

Lady Melissa Julyan

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Joseph O'Conor

Sir Edward Julyan

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Denis Quilley

Bateson

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Derek Newark

Monitoring Policeman

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Edward Hardwicke

Mike McCarthy

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Maureen Pryor

Jane Harper

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Joyce Carey

Miss Monley

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Preston Lockwood

Ilkeston

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Molly Urquhart

Margaret

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David Daker

MI5 Man

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Hermione Baddeley

Hetty

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Patrick Barr

Gen. St. John

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Yves Afonso

Jacques (uncredited)

Crew

Del Baker

Shadow (uncredited)

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Murray Brown

Doctor (uncredited)

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Les Conrad

M15 Man (uncredited)

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George Lane Cooper

Pincus (uncredited)

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Brenda Cowling

Secretary (uncredited)

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Robert Dorning

Jeweller (uncredited)

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Roy Everson

M15 Man (uncredited)

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Nancy Gabrielle

Manageress (uncredited)

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Jill Goldston

Commuter (uncredited)

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Charlie Gray

Tourist (uncredited)

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Peter Halliday

Customs Officer (uncredited)

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