Masquerade

Masquerade

Director: Basil Dearden Cast: Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson
, Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell
, Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
, Christopher Witty
Christopher Witty
Basil Dearden
Masquerade

Masquerade

Director: Basil Dearden Cast: Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson
, Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell
, Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
, Christopher Witty
Christopher Witty
Basil Dearden

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Overview

In this blend of action-adventure and spy satire, the British government has been negotiating with the Middle Eastern nation of Ramaut to lease their oil fields for drilling by U.K. petroleum companies, but at the last minute, the deal collapses, and Col. Drexel (Jack Hawkins), a military leader who has worked with the authorities in Ramaut before, is given an unusual assignment. The young Prince Jamil of Ramaut (Christopher Witty) is scheduled to take the nation's throne and become the country's leader. Drexel and his men are to kidnap Jamil, hold him until he is of age, and then release him once they've persuaded him to sign the oil lease agreement. American operative David Frazer (Cliff Robertson) is called in to help, and he meets Drexel at the villa where Jamil is being held captive. However, shortly after Frazer is confronted by Sophie (Marisa Mell) and a gang of agents, he's knocked senseless and wakes up to find that Jamil is missing. Drexel's superiors think that Frazer was in on the plot to free Jamil, and while Drexel knows better, it just so happens that he has his own agenda -- Drexel has been negotiating with Jamil's family to release him in exchange for a cash payment that would go directly into his pocket. Incidentally, if you have trouble finding Ramaut on a map, don't worry -- it exists only in the mind of screenwriters William Goldman and Michael Relph.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/14/2021
UPC: 0738329255435
Original Release: 1965
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Language: English
Time: 1:42:00
Sales rank: 40,126

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Cliff Robertson David Frazer
Marisa Mell Sophie
Jack Hawkins Col. Drexel
Christopher Witty Prince Jamil
Michel Piccoli Sarrassin
Bill Fraser Dunwoody
Tutte Lemkow Paviot
Keith Pyott Gustave
Jose Burgos El Mono
John Le Mesurier Sir Robert
Roger Delgado Ahmed Ben Fa'id
Jerold Wells Brindle
Felix Aylmer Henrickson
Denis Bernard King Ahmed
Ernest Clark Minister
David Nettheim Photographer
Anthony Singleton His Assistant
Norman Fisher Bishop
Eric Blyth General
James Mossman Himself
Charles Gray Benson
Philip Green Composer

Technical Credits
Basil Dearden Director
Michael Relph Producer
Victor Canning Screenwriter
William Goldman Screenwriter
Charles Staffell Special Effects
Roy Baker Sound Effects
Gordon K. McCallum Sound Effects
C.C. Stevens Sound Effects
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