Llamada para un muerto (1967)

Nominado a 5 premios BAFTA
- 5 nominaciones en total

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James Mason

Charles Dobbs

Maximilian Schell

Dieter Frey

Simone Signoret

Elsa Fennan

Harriet Andersson

Ann Dobbs

Harry Andrews

Inspector Mendel

Kenneth Haigh

Bill Appleby

Roy Kinnear

Adam Scarr

Max Adrian

Morton - Adviser (aka Marlene Dietrich)

Lynn Redgrave

Virgin Bumpus

Robert Flemyng

Samuel Fennan

Leslie Sands

Inspector

Corin Redgrave

Terry

Andrew Andreas

Pub Waiter
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Ann Barrass

Woman at Zurich Airport
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Sheraton Blount

Eunice Scarr
(sin acreditar)

Tom Bowman

Police Sergeant
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Michael Brennan

Wolfe the Barman
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Victor Brooks

Cab Driver
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Curiosidades
The character of George Smiley, John le Carré's hero, was renamed Charles Dobbs for this movie. This was because Paramount Studios had bought the rights to the Smiley name when they produced El espía que surgió del frío (1965).

Pifias
When Charles Dobbs (James Mason) makes his second visit to Elsa Fennen there's a clear shot of the the street name, The Crescent, on a front wall by the house. Later he gets a colleague to send a postcard to Elsa and tells him that the address is Merrydale Lane. The next scene shows her coming out of the house and another clear shot of the street name, The Crescent.

Citas
Ann Dobbs: [shouting] How can you be so aggressive about your job and so gentle about me?
[Sobs]
Charles Dobbs: I've always thought that... being aggressive was the way to... keep my job and being gentle was the way to keep you.
[Reflective pause]
Charles Dobbs: Well, I've lost my job, haven't I?

Conexiones
Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)

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Theme Song
Written by Quincy Jones (uncredited) and Howard Greenfield (uncredited)
Sung by Astrud Gilberto

It is surprising that a film made in London during the late 60s wouldn't expose at least a part of the swinging town it was.In fact it exposes a dark, terribly somber atmosphere. Mr. Freddie Francis' wonderful photography and Lumet's masterful direction of the terrific cast makes this adaptation of the John Le Carre novel both interesting and thoughtful. It succeeds in showing, as Lumet aimed, life's disappointments... it seems that bitterness, vengeance and discontent are the motivations to all characters.

It's a simple plot that unravels with so much complexity, you will be amazed. A British Intelligence Agent tries to solve the mystery involved behind one of his colleagues' apparent suicide. Soon his wife comes along and... well, you really don't want me to tell you... :)

It also features one of the greatest soundtracks in film history, with a smooth use of Quincy Jones' bossa nova theme song, which Astrud Gilberto sings in the movie's most fierce love (?) scene.