| Victim Five | |
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| Directed by | Robert Lynn |
| Screenplay by | Peter Yeldham |
| Story by | Peter Welbeck |
| Produced by | Arthur "Skip" Steloff |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | Johnny Douglas |
Production company | Towers of London Productions |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Victim Five (also known asCode 7, Victim 5! andCode Seven, Victim Five),[1] is a 1964 Britishcrime film directed byRobert Lynn and starringLex Barker,Ronald Fraser,Ann Smyrner, andWalter Rilla.[2][3] It was produced byHarry Alan Towers and US television producer Arthur "Skip" Steloff[4] and was shot inCape Town in Technicolor andTechniscope. The cinematographer wasNicolas Roeg.
New York City private detective Steve Martin is hired for protection by Wexler, a wealthy German living inCape Town. After Wexler's butler is murdered and an assassination attempt is made on Martin and Wexler's secretary Helga, Martin discovers a photograph of four people, including Wexler and his butler, that indicates that all those in the picture are marked for death and there will be five victims.
TheNew York Times praised "fine views of Cape Town" but thought the film was not "necessary".[5]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The basic narrative is one of the classic old-style murder thrillers of the kind perfected byEdgar Wallace andPhilip Macdonald, and is efficiently worked out. Most of the acting is unremarkable, but what undoubtedly heightens the film's interest is the large variety of South African locations, often spectacular, and well integrated into the story."[6]
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