The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
69 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 9 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis:
In this all-star cast -- ingeniously concealing Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, and Burt Lancaster -- Adrian Messenger, before departing on a fateful plane trip, leaves a list in the hands of George C. Scott, a retired British Intelligence agent, which contains... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kirk Douglas, George C. Scott, Dana Wynter, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster
Buy It On DVD
Reviews
1 - 13 (sorted by date)
A captivating murder mystery, and although the viewer finds out fairly early on who the killer is, the mystery of his motive and the suspense of his capture are sufficient to keep one glued to the screen.
02/05/08 11:27 AM
An even more damaging miscue is the utilization of stars who are hidden behind facial disguises in fundamentally inconsequential roles.
02/05/08 11:25 AM
Top Critic
Saddled with an incredibly creaky whodunit plot, this thriller should really have been set in Victorian times to accommodate its villain with a passion for disguises, its Holmesian detective in a bowler hat, its murder in a fog-bound Limehouse.
02/09/06 03:17 AM
1 - 13 (sorted by date)
IGN RSS Feeds