An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.
- Lieutenant Gomez
- (as Sandor Eles)
- Nightclub Singer
- (as Dorita Sensier)
- Revolutionary Sergeant
- (as Robert Barnette)
- Revolutionary Officer
- (as Molino Rojo)
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Did you know
- TriviaThroughout filming, the film was known as "Act Of Mercy," the title of writer Francis Clifford's novel. At the last minute, the title was changed to the meaningless Guns of Darkness (1962). The front office was worried about its box-office potential and thought the new name was more dramatic, as well as being similar to The Guns of Navarone (1961), which had been a big hit for star David Niven the previous year. It was also reported the film was re-titled for the American market.
- GoofsWhen the airplane flies over the escaping trio, the sky is alternately very cloudy or clear.
- Quotes
Tom Jordan: [to his wife, Claire Jordan, as they shelter in a cave with rain pouring down outside] Look at the rain. It's like England. Do you remember when we first arrived in England? And you were expecting to find a country full of green lawns, and stately homes, and tall titled men in tweed suits, making witty remarks and eating cucumber sandwiches, hmm? Remember the first few weeks all we did was sit in the railway hotel and watch the rain, pouring down on Pennington Station... and not a Lord came near us, hmm?
- Crazy creditsClosing credits: The characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real persons living or dead.
- ConnectionsReferences Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Caron and Niven are both as good as a couple whose marriage is disintegrating in the middle of a revolution and international intrigue. Opatoshu is also good as the ex-President. The big problem is the script, which has the characters take wildly stupid actions and goes from effective scenes to ones that had me rolling my eyes. Caron and Niven cope with the script as best they can, but credulity is strained to the breaking point.
Anthony Asquith's direction just races through the bad spots, and fashions an entertaining thriller out of the implausible script with the help of Caron and Niven. The film improves as it progresses.
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1