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Victim Five
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Wikipedia article
'Victim Five', also known as 'Code 7, Victim 5!', originally filmed as 'Table Bay',p. 237 Armes, Roy 'Dictionary of African Filmmakers' Indiana University Press (July 11, 2008) is a 1964 British crime film produced by Harry Alan Towers and US television producer Arthur "Skip" Steloffp. 28 Kane, Arnold 'My Meteoric Rise To Obscurity' We Publish Books (August 14, 2008) that was shot in Cape Town in Technicolor and Techniscope. It was directed by Robert Lynn and starred Lex Barker, Ronald Fraser, Ann Smyrner, and Walter Rilla.
Premise
New York City private detective Steve Martin is hired for protection by Wexler, a wealthy German living in Cape Town. After Wexler's butler is murdered and an assassination attempt is made on Martin and Wexler's secretary Helga, Martin discovers a photograph of four people including Wexler and his butler that indicates that all those in the photograph are marked for death and there will be five victims.
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Reception
The 'New York Times' praised "fine views of Cape Town" but thought the film was not "necessary".Stars in British-Made 'Die! Die! My Darling!'
By A.H. WEILER. New York Times 20 May 1965: 52. The MFB said it was "efficiently worked out" and praised the "large variety of South African locations."VICTIM FIVE
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (Jan 1, 1965): 60.
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