The film sets up the clues, Scott figures them out one by one, 90 minutes later case closed, but it's presented in an entertaining if sort of unexciting way.
The List of Adrian Messenger has two fox hunt sequences. At this time in his life Huston was living in Ireland and was apparently quite taken with fox hunting. These scenes are probably the most interesting parts in the film. Huston himself is even in one of the hunting sequences.
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The big gimmick in The List of Adrian Messenger was the appearance of five Hollywood stars in the film under very heavy makeup. Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra are supposedly under heavy makeup in their little cameos.
There was some question as to whether they were actually under all these rubber masks during the making of the film. In any case these cameos are a cheap Hollywood stunt and kind of ruin the drama.
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| Kirk Douglas? |
Even with all this movie star mask foolishness, George C. Scott still manages to out act the cast with his classy performance.
98 minutes, screenplay by Anthony Veiller.
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