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Whirlpool (1959 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Whirlpool' is a 1959 British crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Juliette Grco and O. W. Fischer.
The score from Ron Goodwin established him as a film composer.
It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in the Rhineland including Koblenz and Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Maxsted.
Plot summary
A beautiful girl Lora (Juliette Grco) asks Rolph (O. W. Fischer) if she can travel on his barge down the Rhine. Rolph agrees to this and helps her to escape the clutches of murderer Herman (William Sylvester), who is obsessed with Lora.
The local police approach Rolph and ask him to work together with them to lure Herman on board the barge using Lora as bait. Herman manages to hide on board and then takes control of Rolph's barge using a gun he has. Rolph and Lora manage to overpower Herman and throw him overboard where he is dragged under the barge into one of the side paddles where he is killed.
Lora is a cynical person, believing that no one would ever do anything to help her out of just friendship due to the hard life she has had. At the end of the film, Lora leaves with the police, while Rolph asks her to return to him one day to live with him on his barge on the European rivers.
Cast
* Juliette Grco as Lora
* O. W. Fischer as Rolph
* Muriel Pavlow as Dina
* Marius Goring as Georg
* William Sylvester as Herman
* Richard Palmer as Derek
* Peter Illing as Braun
* Geoffrey Bayldon as Wendel
* Lily Kann as Mrs. Steen
* Harold Kasket as Stiebel
* Victor Brooks as Riverman
* George Mikell as German Policeman
* Jack Sharp as Barge Man
References
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