Foreign Intrigue (1956)
By admin | November 8, 2011
“The most startling spy hunt ever filmed!” shouted the ads. Based on Sheldon Reynolds’ popular TV series, this Cold War thriller with a noir-ish look was shot in Vienna, Paris, the Riviera, Stockholm and nearby Swedish islands. Robert Mitchum’s employer, a mysterious multi-millionaire living on the French Riviera, dies and suddenly everyone is extremely interested to find out what his last words were.
Traveling the length and breadth of Europe in search of clues to his boss’s past, Mitchum is pulled into a plot involving blackmail and shady political deals while being chased by spies, counterspies, a treacherous brunette (Genevieve Page) a seducible blonde (Ingrid Thulin) and other traitorous types, most of whom would be happy if he disappeared for good. Mitchum is the only American actor in this all-European cast; his constant wearing of a disheveled raincoat started a fashion trend in wearing trenchcoats. We have a real Technicolor print showing off all the exotic locations.
A lobby card. A lobby card. A lobby card: “He raced from Stockholm to Vienna to the Riviera… Only one bullet ahead of half the secret agents of Europe… and still he wouldn’t let go of the deadliest secret a man ever carried”. A lobby card. A poster: “Robert Mitchum is the hunted… Europe is the hunting ground… And half the secret agents on the continent are the hunters in Sheldon Reynolds’ full length production in color of Foreign Intrigue”.