Masquerade (1965 film)

Masquerade
Masquerade
	Theatrical release poster by Jack Rickard
Directed by	Basil Dearden
Written by	William Goldman; Michael Relph
Based on	Castle Minerva; by Victor Canning
Produced by	Michael Relph
Starring	Cliff Robertson; Jack Hawkins
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	John D. Guthridge
Music by	Phillip Green
Production; company	Michael Relph Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	13 April 1965 (London); 28 April 1965 (New York City);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Masquerade is a 1965 British comedy thriller film directed by Basil Dearden based on the 1954 novel Castle Minerva by Victor Canning. It stars Cliff Robertson and Jack Hawkins^[1] and was filmed in Spain.^[2]

Plot

An Arab heir plots his own kidnapping in a desperate bid for peace in the Middle East.

Cast

Cliff Robertson as David Frazer
Jack Hawkins as Colonel Drexel
Marisa Mell as Sophie
Michel Piccoli as George Sarrassin
Bill Fraser as Dunwoody
Charles Gray as Benson
John Le Mesurier as Sir Robert
Felix Aylmer as Henrickson
Ernest Clark as Minister
Tutte Lemkow as Paviot
Keith Pyott as Gustave

Production

Rex Harrison was originally meant to star but he dropped out and Cliff Robertson was hired to replace him. The film was the first screen credit for novelist William Goldman who had been hired to Americanise the dialogue for Robertson (Robertson had just commissioned Goldman to adapt Flowers for Algernon into a screenplay).^[3]

Filming started on 3 June 1964 at Pinewood Studios under the title The Shabby Tiger.^[4] The unit then shifted to Madrid.^[5]

Robertson's work on the film meant he had to turn down an offered part in Judith.^[6]

References

^ "Man in the Moon (1960) – Basil Dearden – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ MASQUERADE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (1 Jan 1965): 76.
^ Goldman, William, Adventures in the Screen Trade 1982 p 170-173
^ In British Film Los Angeles Times 11 May 1964: C19.
^ Robertson in Madrid Los Angeles Times 27 June 1964: A8.
^ FILMLAND EVENTS: Warners, 20th Make New Story Purchases Los Angeles Times 14 July 1964: C6.

External links

Masquerade at IMDb
Masquerade at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
Masquerade at the TCM Movie Database

[1] "Man in the Moon (1960) – Basil Dearden – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.

[2] MASQUERADE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (1 Jan 1965): 76.

[3] Goldman, William, Adventures in the Screen Trade 1982 p 170-173

[4] In British Film Los Angeles Times 11 May 1964: C19.

[5] Robertson in Madrid Los Angeles Times 27 June 1964: A8.

[6] FILMLAND EVENTS: Warners, 20th Make New Story Purchases Los Angeles Times 14 July 1964: C6.

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v t e Works by William Goldman
Plays	Tenderloin (1960) Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (1961) A Family Affair (1962) Misery (2012)
Novels	The Temple of Gold (1957) Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958) Soldier in the Rain (1960) Boys and Girls Together (1964) No Way to Treat a Lady (1964) The Thing of It Is... (1967) Father's Day (1971) The Princess Bride (1973) Wigger (1974) Marathon Man (1974) Magic (1976) Tinsel (1979) Control (1982) The Silent Gondoliers (1983) The Color of Light (1984) Heat (1985) Brothers (1986)
Films	Masquerade (1965) Harper (1966) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) The Hot Rock (1972) The Stepford Wives (1975) The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Marathon Man (1976) All the President's Men (1976) A Bridge Too Far (1977) Magic (1978) Mr. Horn (1979, TV) Heat (1986) The Princess Bride (1987) Misery (1990) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) Year of the Comet (1992) Chaplin (1992) Maverick (1994) The Chamber (1996) The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Absolute Power (1997) The General's Daughter (1999) Hearts in Atlantis (2001) Dreamcatcher (2003) Wild Card (2015)
Non-fiction	The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway (1969) Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983) Wait Till Next Year (1988) Hype and Glory (1990) Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000) The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays (2000)
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