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

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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

Memorable, Very Poignant Film

I saw this movie many years ago, when I was in my teens, and then again when I was in my 20s. I haven't found it since. It was very moving to me at the time, partly because I really loved Delores Hart and Stephen Boyd. Alas, Steven Boyd died young, and never got the credit he was due as an actor while he was alive. And - alas again - Delores Hart's career was quite short because she left Hollywood at a young age and entered the convent.

This is an unusual love story between a Dutch detective/police officer, and a young Jewish woman who is more or less stranded in Holland after the war. The detective is emotionally moved by the plight of this young women, and decides to help her get to Palestine. The rest of the movie revolves around their difficult and event-filled journey.

Both Hart and Boyd are wonderful in their roles, and Hart's plight, and Boyd's emotional response and caring for her, are very moving. I believe that Boyd's character represents the European, non-Jews who went out of their way to help Jews during, and after WW II. But his feelings of caring for her, and his response to her particular story (I won't go into detail here about her tragic circumstances) go beyond guilt and just wanting to help. He is very drawn to her, and eventually, she is to him as well.

Anyway, well worth seeing this emotional and atmospheric film. the film is from a book by the writer Jan de Hartog, and it is a very original, unusual story.