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Foreign Intrigue

1956, Movie, NR, 106 mins

Foreign Intrigue: Review

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When Galland dies mysteriously, Mitchum, who once worked for him, decides to unravel his mysterious past. He travels to Vienna and learns Galland was a tycoon blackmailer, but the proof of his nefarious past is shrouded with the death of an informant, whose killer appears to be Page, Galland's widow. O'Brady, a professional agent hired to look into Galland's past, bumps into Mitchum, and the two agree to help each other. Mitchum follows leads to Stockholm, where he meets Thulin, falling in love with her. Thulin's father had been a traitor during WW II, and Galland had been blackmailing him, finally driving him to suicide. Mitchum and Thulin return to Vienna where four agents from the US, Sweden, Switzerland, and England reveal more of Galland's past, explaining that Hitler made deals with traitors in every country he invaded (i.e., Quisling in Norway, Laval in France) and, since their countries were never invaded, they were never exposed, yet Galland learned their identities and blackmailed them. Later Page appears, gun in hand, and tries to get Mitchum to blackmail the four traitors, but he disarms her and then meets with the shifty O'Brady to pick up the traitors. FOREIGN INTRIGUE is a spinoff of Reynolds' popular TV series by the same name. But this murky, aimlessly plotted espionage saga is less than rewarding, packed with cliches and predictability. Mitchum is the only American actor in the all-European cast, and he is decidedly dull, rendering a performance that can be generously called comatose. The production values and on-location shooting in Europe are good. Page, who appeared in SONG WITHOUT END, is merely a prop, and Thulin, later an Ingmar Bergman actress, is only a prettier one. leave a comment
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