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While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
José Ferrer
- Raoul Farrago
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Lillian Adams
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Carlos Barbe
- Friend of Farrago
- (uncredited)
Orlando Beltran
- Doctor's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
- Servant
- (uncredited)
George Brady
- Student
- (uncredited)
Robert Cabal
- Very Young Man
- (uncredited)
Andy Carillo
- Man at Table
- (uncredited)
Bridget Carr
- Guest
- (uncredited)
Teresa Celli
- Rosa Aldana
- (uncredited)
Carlos Conde
- Man
- (uncredited)
Rita Conde
- Pretty Woman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe South American dictator, Farrago, and his beautiful wife seem clearly modeled on Argentine dictator Gen. Juan Domingo Perón and his wife Eva Perón--something writer-director Richard Brooks conceded in a 1965 interview.
- GoofsThe doctor announces his fee is ten percent of the patient's income, but does not say whether this means monthly, annual or some other period.
- Quotes
Raoul Farrago: At least permit me to thank you. You have done a great service not only to me but to the people of my country.
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: I only saved your life I didn't vote for you.
Raoul Farrago: Neither did they.
[smiling]
- Crazy creditsPROLOGUE: "The time is now. The scene of the action is fictitious, but the forces at play in this story are not fictitious."
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Secret Publicity - Forbes Taylor Remembers the Making of State Secret (2021)
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Commendable debut by a screenplay writer turned director
This is Richard Brooks' first directorial effort. Examining the work half a century after it was made, the film presents a director who knows how to get the most from his actors through the written word and the way it is spoken. Three actors sparkle: Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer, and Signe Hasso.
Compare Cary Grant's acting in the Hitchcock vehicles and in this. Grant presents a maturity in his speech patterns that do not show up under Hitchcock's direction. I think much of the quality of the performances is probably due to the director who took his first film seriously--probably a lot more than he did in his later career.
All in all, this is a curious film--quite unusual in several ways compared to the average Hollywood products in the Fifties. Is it only a question of humanism winning over all evils? Or more?
Compare Cary Grant's acting in the Hitchcock vehicles and in this. Grant presents a maturity in his speech patterns that do not show up under Hitchcock's direction. I think much of the quality of the performances is probably due to the director who took his first film seriously--probably a lot more than he did in his later career.
All in all, this is a curious film--quite unusual in several ways compared to the average Hollywood products in the Fifties. Is it only a question of humanism winning over all evils? Or more?
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- Aug 20, 2003
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- $1,616,455 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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