The Man Inside (1958 film)

The Man Inside is a 1958 British crime adventure film brought to the screen by Warwick Film Productions. The screenplay by David Shaw was based on a novel by M. E. Chaber and the film was directed by John Gilling. Bonar Colleano played his last role in it before he died in a car accident.[2]

The Man Inside
Directed byJohn Gilling
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byBert Rule
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 7 September 1958 (1958-09-07) (UK)
  • December 1958 (1958-12) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,500,000[1]

Plot

Sam Carter (Nigel Patrick) is a jeweller's clerk who dreams of stealing a fortune in diamonds and eventually does so, but he kills a man in the process. He then embarks on the high life, but is pursued across Europe by a private detective, Milo March (Jack Palance); a woman named Trudi Hall (Anita Ekberg); and two thugs, Martin Lomer (Bonar Colleano) and Gerard Heinz (Robert Stone). These characters end up trying to outwit each other over the largest diamond, which is worth $700,000, on a train travelling to London. March describes the diamond as "$700,000 of unhappiness" because people are willing to do anything to get it.

Cast

Production

Alan Ladd was originally announced to play the lead,[3] and later it was announced that Victor Mature was going to play it.[4]

In October 1957 filming for the project was pushed back from November 1957 to April 1958 in order to allow for Warwick's challenged cash flow following the box office disappointment of Fire Down Below.[1]

References
  1. "Warwick Shrinks Overhead and Sked". Variety. 23 October 1957. p. 4.
  2. "Bonar Colleano Biography - Yahoo! Movies". movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011.
  3. Edwin Schallert, 'Alan Ladd Gets Huge England Deal; Hunting Film Stars Prime Trio', Los Angeles Times 16 Sep 1957: C11
  4. STUDIO SUSPENDS KIM NOVAK PACT: Columbia Acts After She Refuses Paramount Role-- Debbie Reynolds to Star Nature Has Its Way New York Times 31 August 1957: 18.


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