The High Commissioner (1968)
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A police investigator is forced to rely on the man he's been instructed to apprehend in this cold war thriller. Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer) is a high level negotiator with the British government who is approached by Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor), an Australian detective who has been… More A police investigator is forced to rely on the man he's been instructed to apprehend in this cold war thriller. Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer) is a high level negotiator with the British government who is approached by Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor), an Australian detective who has been instructed to arrest Quentin in connection with the murder of his first wife 25 years earlier. Quentin calmly asks Malone if he could wait until he completes his work at a diplomatic conference, and Malone agrees; Quentin even allows Malone to stay at his home with his second wife Shelia (Lilli Palmer). Malone's assignment soon proves to be more complicated (and dangerous) than he expected when he has to save Quentin from an assassination attempt. Quentin must protect a fellow diplomat also targeted by gunmen, and Malone learns that Shelia has a deadly secret. The High Commissioner was also released under the title Nobody Runs Forever. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ralph Thomas
- Genres
- Classics, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- On DVD
- Nov 2, 2004
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Cast
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Rod Taylor
as Scobie Malone
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Christopher Plummer
as Sir James Quentin
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Lilli Palmer
as Sheila Quentin
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Camilla Sparv
as Lisa Pretorius
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Daliah Lavi
as Madame Cholon
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Clive Revill
as Joseph
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Calvin Lockhart
as Jamaica
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Derren Nesbitt
as Pallain
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Edric Connor
as Julius
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Paul Grist
as Coburn
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Russell Napier
as Leeds
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Franchot Tone
as Ambassador Townsend
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Burt Kwouk
as Pham Chimh
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Leo McKern
as Premier
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Lee Montague
as Denzil
- Tony Selby
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
as Jacaroo
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Ken Wayne
as Ferguson
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Gerry Crampton
as Rifleman
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Keith Bonnard
as Cameraman
