Smokescreen

1964
1 Std. 10 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.

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6,9/10

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Wissenswertes
The opening shot of the burning car driving off the cliff and hitting the rocks on its way into the sea was used in TV episode Car in Flames (1962). In Smokescreen, the shot included a brief cutaway of two lovers who witnessed the incident; in the TV episode, the shot was continuous.

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A running joke in the film is that both the main character and his insurance company are mean with expenses, and yet they put him up at The Grand Hotel in Brighton - the most expensive one in the town even in 1964.

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[Roper has been sitting in the hotel bar, eating the free crisps that they provide, but not ordering anything to drink. Finally Helen arrives]
Barman: She's arrived. Now he's *sure* to buy something.
Hotel Waiter: You want to bet? He's liable to order whisky and water - without the whisky.

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Features No Hiding Place: Car in Flames (1962)

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7/10

Ignore the zero budget, a fun movie!

Made on a zero budget as a programme filler in the mid-Sixties. Don't let this put you off. Worth watching for the quirky, amusing script and the central performance from the always excellent Peter Vaughan. The murder mystery isn't perhaps up to Agatha Christie's standard, but the idea of insurance investigator as detective is a fairly novel one. (OK so they did it in 'Double Indemnity') Also a decent document of Britain in the early sixties.