The Sicilians (Original title)
Date: 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ernest Morris
Synopsis: Angelo Di Marco saves himself when on trial by betraying other members of the Mafia. In revenge his son is kidnapped in London. Inspector Webb and Calvin Adams of the American Embassy join forces to find the boy. Di Marco disappears and Adams hunts for him in Paris. He is drugged at the Perrault night club and put on a plane back to England where Webb has found out about a Mrs. Di Marco. They visit her mother in a mental home and get a snapshot. Adams returns to Paris and confronts Madame Perrault. She confesses to being Di Marco's wife and to arranging the kidnapping in order to trap him. Di Marco arrives at the club and is shot in a fight by Perrault, who also belongs to the Mafia.
Genre: Gangster
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Film and TV Technician v30 n237 November 1964 Page: Supp
Title: [Film and TV Technician - v30 n237 November 1964: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Daily Cinema n8979 19 Oct 1964 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8979 19 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n371 December 1964 Page: 179
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n371 December 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2977 22 Oct 1964 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2977 22 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1569945
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1310969
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1310970
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ernest Morris
Synopsis: Angelo Di Marco saves himself when on trial by betraying other members of the Mafia. In revenge his son is kidnapped in London. Inspector Webb and Calvin Adams of the American Embassy join forces to find the boy. Di Marco disappears and Adams hunts for him in Paris. He is drugged at the Perrault night club and put on a plane back to England where Webb has found out about a Mrs. Di Marco. They visit her mother in a mental home and get a snapshot. Adams returns to Paris and confronts Madame Perrault. She confesses to being Di Marco's wife and to arranging the kidnapping in order to trap him. Di Marco arrives at the club and is shot in a fight by Perrault, who also belongs to the Mafia.
Genre: Gangster
Credits
(36)
Production Company: Butcher's Film Service, Producer: John I. Phillips, Associate Producer: Ronald Liles, [Production Secretary]: Valerie Cort, Assistant Director: Jan Saunders, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Ray Frift, Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly, Story and Screenplay by: Ronald Liles, Reginald Hearne, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: Harry Gillam, [Focus Puller]: Peter Sandford, [Clapper Loader]: Peter Hazle, [Stills]: Laurie Turner, Douglas Luke, Editor: Henry Richardson, [1st Assistant Editor]: Michael Hart, Art Director: Harry White, [Assistant Art Director/Draughtsman]: William Alexander, Wardrobe: Ray Beck, Make-up: Jimmy Evans, Hairstylist: Betty Sherriff, Music Composed and Directed by: Johnny Gregory, Dance Number "Wigwah" by: Johnny Hawksworth, Dances Arranged and Directed by: Pamela Devis, Sound Recordist: Kevin Sutton, [Sound Camera Operator]: Douglas Barnett, [Boom Operator]: Charles Wheeler, [Sound Assistant]: Alan Blay, [Dubbing Crew]: Hugh Strain, [Dubbing Crew]: Brian Marshall, [Dubbing Crew]: John Watts, Stan Cochrane, [Dubbing Editor]: Henry Richardson, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(28)
Robert Hutton (Calvin Adams), Reginald Marsh (Inspector Webb), Ursula Howells (Madame Perrault), Alex Scott (Henri Perrault), Susan Denny (Carole), Robert Ayres (Angelo Di Marco), Eric Pohlmann (Inspector Bressin), Patricia Hayes (plane passenger), Warren Mitchell (O'Leary), Richard Caldicot (police commissioner), Gordon Tanner (district attorney), Michael Balfour (stage door keeper), Murray Kash (George Baxter), Maggy Sarragne (the cabaret star), Murray Evans (Sergeant Harris), Derek Royle (porter), Ivor Dean (Burford), John McLaren (judge), Chuck Julian (jury foreman), John H. Watson (doctor at flats), Sally Douglas (O'Leary's secretary), Ralph Ball (constable), Aleta Morrison (speciality dancer), Michael Pemberton (hospital doctor), Romo Gorrara (kidnapper), Enid Lorimer (old lady), Larry Cross (journalist), Leslie Taussig (Tony Di Marco)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Film and TV Technician v30 n237 November 1964 Page: Supp
Title: [Film and TV Technician - v30 n237 November 1964: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: The Daily Cinema n8979 19 Oct 1964 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8979 19 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n371 December 1964 Page: 179
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n371 December 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2977 22 Oct 1964 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2977 22 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1569945
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1310969
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1310970
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status