The Traitors

1962
1h 11min

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Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis, and James Maxwell in The Traitors (1962)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaEspionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.

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The locations are very accurate. Portobello Road Market can be seen as Patrick Allen and James Maxwell track the doctor to his surgery, which is just off Portobello Road. The market ( which was then a normal market with some second hand stalls and shops) can be seen. The extra's were clearly normal members of the public who can be seen watching the filming and showing surprise as they walk into shot. The Dr's wife catches a 15 bus from Ladbroke Road ( which runs parallel to Portobello Road) alighting at Horse Guards, then walking to St James Park. The No 15 ran at the time via Ladbroke Grove through Trafalger Square. The Dr takes a taxi and catches a bus in order to meet with his contact. He alights at Halfpenny Steps (a pedestrian bridge, now replaced, across Regents Canal) in Maida Vale on the other side of which was the now demolished, Wedlake Street 'Baths' (swimming pool, baths and wash house) featuring the denouement of the film. In reality this is only a 10/15 minute walk from 'his' surgery but as a spy he is no doubt (unsuccessfully) ensuring he is not followed.

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There was no way the microphone could have been planted behind the grille, and of course there is no explanation of how this was supposed to have been done.

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6/10

Precursor To Lecarre

There are secrets being leaked and Patrick Allen is told to find out who and how, with American James Maxwell seconded for US interests.

It's a slow and deliberate movie, far from the slam-bang and sexcapades of the James Bond franchise. Allen is still in love with ex-wife Zena Walker, and she with him, but their marriage could not take the strain. Maxwell is interested in Jacqueline Ellis, but though she makes a lovely dinner companion, the work they do is too dirty for her to ever think of marriage. In between these reliefs, such as they are, from the main story, they track the route of the stolen secrets to a doctor's office, and set up in a betting shop across the street to surveil.... and run into problems when a successful bettor puts the shop in the red.

It's unglamorous and even occasionally dull to watch their progress, up until the slam-bang ending. The result is a film that is too realistic to be very entertaining, but stands as a useful correction to the usual image of spywork.