Traitor's Gate (film)
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Directed by | Freddie Francis |
Produced by | Ted Lloyd Horst Wendlandt |
Written by | Jimmy Sangster Edgar Wallace (novel) |
Starring | Albert Lieven Gary Raymond Klaus Kinski |
Music by | Peter Thomas |
Cinematography | Denys N. Coop Ray Hearne |
Edited by | Oswald Hafenrichter |
Production
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Rialto Film, Summit Film Productions Ltd.
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | West Germany United Kingdom |
Language | English, German |
Traitor's Gate (German: Das Verrätertor) is a 1964 West German-British co-production of a black-and-white crime film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Albert Lieven and Gary Raymond.[1] It was made by Rialto Film using Hammer Films' Freddie Francis and screenwriter Jimmy Sangster updating the 1927 novel The Traitor's Gate by Edgar Wallace to the mid-1960s. The film features a group of criminals planning to steal the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom from the Tower of London.
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Cast
- Albert Lieven - Trayne
- Gary Raymond - Graham / Dick
- Margot Trooger - Dinah
- Catherine Schell - Hope Joyner
- Eddi Arent - Hector
- Klaus Kinski - Kane
- Anthony James - John
- Tim Barratt - Lloyd
- Heinz Bernard - Martin
- David Birks - Spider
- Edward Underdown - Inspector Adams
- Alec Ross - Sergeant Ross
- Julie Mendez - Stripper
- Peter Porteous - Kelly
- Katy Wild - Mary
- Harry Baird - Mate on Tramp Steamer
- Joe Ritchie - News Vendor
- Frank Sieman - Yeoman Warden Guide
- Frank Forsyth - Chief Yeoman Warden
- Caron Gardner - Blonde
- Maurice Good - King
- Robert Hunter - Captain
- Marianne Stone - Cashier at Dandy Club
- Hedger Wallace - Detective Sergeant Alexander
- Beresford Williams - Warden
Reception
In Germany, the FSK gave the film a rating of "12 and up" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. It premiered on 18 December 1964.[2]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Traitor's Gate at IMDb
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