Anthony Hopkins

Robert Morley

Nathalie Delon

Jack Hawkins

Corin Redgrave

Derek Bond

Ferdy Mayne

Maurice Roëves

Leon Collins

Wendy Allnutt

Peter Arne

Oliver MacGreevy

Jon Croft

Tom Chatto

Charlie Stewart

Edward Burnham

Del Henney

Bill Brandon

Harry Fielder

Martin Grace

Charles Gray

Prentis Hancock

Barrie Hesketh

Bill Hibbert

George Leech

Alistair MacLean

Étienne Périer

Walter Stott

Arthur Ibbetson

Sue Yelland

Malcolm J. Christopher

Elliott Kastner

Jack Maxsted

John Shirley

Denis Holt

Angela Morley

Ted Lloyd

David Wynn-Jones

Les Hillman

Action

Thriller

Adventure

When Eight Bells Toll

Winkast Film Productions

Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner

United Kingdom

English

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Alistair Maclean always could pen a good a crime thriller, and his adaptation of his own novel lends much to this, otherwise, rather lacklustre production. It stars Anthony Hopkins as an agent who is despatched by Robert Morley ("Sir Arthur") to investigate the loss of a ship off the Northern coast of Scotland. Once he arrives in this remote coastal community, he quickly discovers his task to be quite perilous - something is amiss. Shortly afterwards, he encounters the cruising millionaire "Sir Anthony Skouras" (Jack Hawkins) and open hostility towards him begins. Sadly, neither Morley nor Hawkins are anywhere near their best in this, and though Hopkins - and the writer - do manage to build a gentle head of steam with the plot, the film is almost a dreary as the weather conditions. It just doesn't really ever manage to get going. There are too many implausibles in the plot - and the ending, complete with a crossbow and a blow-torch just didn't quite work. The score is a bit too overpowering (and the main theme repetitive) and is relied upon much too heavily to augment, even create, what tension and suspense there is. It's still a good watch, but more for some super underwater photography, and some nice Caithness scenery than for anything else.

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