The List of Adrian Messenger
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Huston
George C Scott
Dana Wynter
Clive Brook
Jacques Roux
Gladys Cooper
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After tea at the estate of the Marquis of Gleneyre, a retired British intelligence officer, Anthony Gethryn, is given a list of 11 names by his good friend, Adrian Messenger, and asked to check the whereabouts of the people listed. Subsequently, Messenger is killed in a plane which explodes in midair, and Gethryn learns that all of the other people on the list have also met with seemingly accidental deaths. Knowing that there must be a connection in these deaths, Gethryn enlists the aid of Scotland Yard and receives valuable information from Raoul Le Borg, the sole survivor of the plane crash. Gethryn learns that the killer is a master of disguise who changes his identity for each murder. After weeks of inquiry, Gethryn has concluded that the victims were fellow POW's in Burma and that the killer was the informer who disclosed their escape plans to the enemy. This man is now becoming prominent, and he finds it necessary to remove all those who know of his unsavory past. Gethryn identifies the killer as one of the Gleneyre heirs; in fact, only a small boy is standing in his way of becoming sole owner of the estate. At a fox hunt, the killer, George Brougham, turns up without disguise, but Gethryn decides to let him make his move before arresting him. At the right moment, Gethryn closes in; and the killer dies in one of his own traps while attempting to escape.
Director
John Huston
Cast
George C Scott
Dana Wynter
Clive Brook
Jacques Roux
Gladys Cooper
Herbert Marshall
John Merivale
Marcel Dalio
Bernard Archard
Walter Anthony Huston
Roland D. Long
Anita Sharp Bolster
Noel Purcell
John Huston
Kirk Douglas
Tony Curtis
Burt Lancaster
Robert Mitchum
Frank Sinatra
Crew
John Chambers
Oliver Emert
Hugh S. Fowler
Larry Germain
Joseph Gershenson
Jerry Goldsmith
Alexander Golitzen
David Grayson
Stephen Grimes
Gladys Hill
Edward Lewis
Joseph Macdonald
Nick Marcellino
Richard Mcwhorter
Terry Morse Jr.
Terry O. Morse
Edward Muhl
Ted Scaife
Tom Shaw
Anthony Veiller
Waldon O. Watson
George Webb
Bud Westmore
Frank H. Wilkinson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
'Curtis, Tony' , Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra appear disguised in character parts, while 'Douglas, Kirk' plays a character who also appears in several disguises. See also the crazy credits entry.
Notes
Locations filmed in Ireland.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer May 29, 1963
Released in United States on Video January 12, 1994
Re-released in United States on Video February 11, 1997
Released in United States Summer May 29, 1963
Released in United States on Video January 12, 1994
Re-released in United States on Video February 11, 1997
