The Man Outside is a 1967 British spy thriller film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Van Heflin, Heidelinde Weis and Pinkas Braun.[1] It was first released in Austria and West Germany in 1967, and in Britain in 1968. The story is based on the 1959 novel Double Agent by Gene Stackelberg.
| The Man Outside | |
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| Directed by | Samuel Gallu |
| Written by | Samuel Gallu Julian Bond Roger Marshall |
| Produced by | William J. Gell |
| Starring | Van Heflin Heidelinde Weis Pinkas Braun Charles Gray |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Thom Noble |
| Music by | Richard Arnell |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | London Independent Producers (UK) Allied Artists (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA disgraced former CIA agent attempts to bring a Russian defector safely to his former bosses.
Cast
edit- Van Heflin as Bill MacLean
- Heidelinde Weis as Kay Sebastian
- Pinkas Braun as Rafe Machek
- Peter Vaughan as Nikolai Volkov
- Charles Gray as Charles Griddon
- Paul Maxwell as Judson Murphy
- Ronnie Barker as George Venaxas
- Linda Marlowe as Dorothy
- Gary Cockrell as Brune Parry
- Larry Cross as Austen
- Bill Nagy as Morehouse
- Carole Ann Ford as Cindy
Production
editThe film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A standard espionage adventure on the spying-is-a-dirty-business theme, with the usual quota of red herrings, loose ends and double crosses. Van Heflin gives Maclean a rather attractive line in tired charm that underlines his disenchantment with international intrigue. Still, it is hard to maintain sympathy with any spy who has not yet learned from previous films the sheer folly of meeting other agents at Charing Cross Pier. And the banality of the photography (mostly shot from a "seat in the stalls" perspective) is heightened rather than relieved by the occasional use of arty upside-down shots."[2]
References
edit- ^ "The Man Outside". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "The Man Outside". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 35 (408): 92. 1 January 1968 – via ProQuest.
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