A Man Could Get Killed
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| Directed by |
Ronald Neame Cliff Owen |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Written by | David E. Walker Richard L. Breen T. E. B. Clarke |
| Starring |
James Garner Melina Mercouri Sandra Dee Anthony Franciosa Robert Coote |
| Music by | Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Buddy Scot, Jimmy Radcliffe |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Man Could Get Killed is a 1966 adventure comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and Cliff Owen, shot on various locations in Portugal and starring James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, and Robert Coote. The fourteen-year-old Jenny Agutter worked on the film but did not appear in the final cut.
The screenplay was written by Richard L. Breen, and T. E. B. Clarke and David E. Walker based on the Walker's novel Diamonds For Danger. The film introduced the melody of "Strangers in the Night" by German composer Bert Kaempfert which won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture" of 1967.
A search is on for stolen diamonds and a government agent has been killed trying to recover them. When an unsuspecting William Beddoes arrives in Lisbon on behalf of an American bank, he is mistaken for the dead agent's replacement.
Hatton-Jones of the British embassy comes to Beddoes' aid. Also taking an interest is Aurora Celeste, the dead man's lover, as well as Steve Antonio, a smuggler, who is being pursued by the law's Amy Franklin.
Everyone ends up aboard a yacht belonging to Dr. Mathieson, who appears to be the mastermind of the crime and knows where the hidden diamonds are. Beddoes ends up engineering an escape for all once the gems are safely in the hands of Hatton-Jones, who turns out to be the dead agent's actual successor.
Beddoes collects reward money for his efforts. He heads for home, assuming he will never see any of these people again, but Aurora schemes to make sure he'll be back.
The cast had a falling out with director Cliff Owen who was replaced by Ronald Neame in July 1965. Neame also recalled that co-stars James Garner and Tony Franciosa did not get on well and their fight in the film became a real brawl.
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