Lisa

Original title: The Inspector

1962
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1h 52m

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At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Director
- Philip Dunne
Writers
- Nelson Gidding
- Jan de Hartog
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6.7/10

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Director
- Philip Dunne
Writers
- Nelson Gidding
- Jan de Hartog
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The character of the Inspector, Jongman, was somewhat altered for this film version, to make the part suitable for Stephen Boyd. He had had a long-term contract with Twentieth Century-Fox and it was still trying to build him into a major star. In the book, Jongman is a man well into middle-age, a burnt-out case worn down by a lifetime of compromises. In the film he is a much younger man whose unhappiness is caused by one specific incident, his failure to save his fiancee from death during the war. The film was a box-office flop, and Boyd left Fox soon after, although he would occasionally work for the company later on in his career.

Goofs
British agent Dickens tells Jongman that he was a soldier in one of the army units that liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz was located in Poland, hundreds of miles east of the places where the American/British and Russian forces met. Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians.

Quotes
Peter Jongman: A policeman is suppose to be a servant of justice. Mother, legal or not, this is something I have to do.

Connections
Featured in TCM Guest Programmer: Mother Dolores Hart (2014)

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10/10

Dutch detective helps girl to get to Israel @end of WW2.

I think this might have been Hart's last film prior to her entering the Convent. She had been a young Jewish girl sent to one of the camps. The war was winding down and she was able to get away from the Nazis. Well some how or other she met this Dutch detective and he promised to help her. It was a very well acted movie and I cannot say much more as it would constitute a spoiler practically in scene by scene. I am disappointed not to find Lisa on any movie channels and the same applies to stores selling movies. It was a poignant rendering what I presume many people I have been come in contact with for the last 4 years. Lee