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House of Secrets (1956 film)
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Wikipedia article
'House of Secrets' (1956) is a British crime film directed by Guy Green, filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision, and starring Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, and Grard Oury.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114011156/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37006 BFI Database entry]
Cast
* Michael Craig - Larry Ellis / Steve Chancellor
* Anton Diffring - Anton Lauderbach
* Grard Oury - Julius Pindar
* Brenda De Banzie - Madame Isabella Ballu
* Geoffrey Keen - Colonel Burleigh, CIA
* David Kossoff - Henryk van de Heide, CIA
* Barbara Bates - Judy Anderson
* Alan Tilvern - Brandelli
* Julia Arnall - Diane Gilbert
* Gordon Tanner - Curtice
* Eugene Deckers - Vidal
* Eric Pohlmann - Gratz
* Jean Driant - Gratz's assistant (uncredited)
* Carl Jaffe - Walter Dorffman
Plot
The film, based on the novel 'Storm Over Paris' by Sterling Noel, follows a man who is sent undercover to infiltrate an international crime organization planning to inundate the UK with huge amounts of near perfect forged UK Bank Notes to damage the UK Economy. In this very well-made Glossy Colourful British Film Michael Craig (Larry Ellis) is similar to an early James Bond character. The only thing which might spoil it for some viewers is the slightly abrupt ending. Beautifully photographed entirely in Paris, France.
Production
Michael Craig called his part "a sort of forerunner to the James Bond type of movie" which "in spite of all our best efforts it ended up being fairly boring." He was paid 30 a week.
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