| Crossplot | |
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| Directed by | Alvin Rakoff |
| Written by | Leigh Vance John Kruse |
| Produced by | Robert S. Baker |
| Starring | Roger Moore Claudie Lange Alexis Kanner |
| Cinematography | Brendan J. Stafford |
| Edited by | Burt Rule |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
Production companies | Television Reporters International Tribune Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Crossplot is a 1969 Britishneo noircrime film starringRoger Moore.Belgian actressClaudie Lange was also featured in her largest English-speaking role.[1] The film is a loose remake ofNorth by Northwest.[2][3][4]
Roger Moore is Gary Fenn, an advertising executive for a London agency who finds the perfect target and calculates the events which mean that only one girl will be good enough for his boss,Hungarian Marla Kugash. He finds her among theanti-war movement in the bohemian depths ofswinging London. She is in the company of a young man, Tarquin, who is extremely protective of her and overtly aggressive to Fenn.
The young Hungarian, an illegal refugee from her native homeland, accompanies Fenn to a photoshoot. However, she admits she is in fear of her life, and seems disturbed by the presence of her aunt. When she is nearly killed, the girl drops out of sight and Fenn has to go on the run himself, suspected of a separate murder. He locates her to a country house, which turns out to be the home of Tarquin, anaristocrat in spite of his anti-war sentiments.
It is revealed that Marla's aunt is part of a shadowy organisation trying to destabilise the existing world order so they can take over themselves. They will go to any length to try and shut Fenn and Marla up, including sending a helicopter after them. Fenn and his friend manage to escape to London, where they realise that the shadowy movement are planning to assassinate a visiting Africanhead of state inHyde Park. They manage to foil the plot.
The film is not particularly well regarded by critics. One suggested that the film quickly became "tedious" in spite of the numerous action sequences, and the plot was far too "convoluted" and "confusing".[6]
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