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• Crime/detective
• Drama

• 1948
• David MacDonald
• 81 mins
• PG

Summary

Postwar alpine adventure starring Robert Newton, Dennis Price and Herbert Lom. An ill-fated search for Nazi gold in the Swiss Alps leads to members of an expedition being trapped in an isolated cabin.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This far-fetched Alpine adventure, based on Hammond Innes's The Lonely Skier, too often betrays its pulp novel roots among resolutely studio-bound snow. Nevertheless, the cast is splendid, with Dennis Price and Robert Newton positively outdoing each other for the (over-) acting honours: the former plays a film extra-cum-scriptwriter sent by the latter, a film director, to write a script in the Dolomites, knowing full well there's Nazi gold in them there Alps. It becomes slightly less ludicrous when the snow traps everybody, and director David MacDonald ploughs through the tosh with a certain conviction, achieving a fine sense of claustrophobia. If you remember it's only a film, you might enjoy it.

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5.8/10

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rolenameDerek EnglesRobert NewtonNeil BlairDennis PriceKeramikosHerbert LomStefan ValdiniMarcel DalioJoe WessonStanley HollowayGilbert MayneGuy MiddletonCarla RomettaMila ParelyAldoWilly FueterManciniRichard Molinas

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rolenameDirectorDavid MacDonald

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Theatrical distributor

R.K.O. Radio Pictures Ltd

Languages

English | Italian

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video

Formats

Black and white

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