Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Dec 28th
Fathom**
GB 1967. Twentieth Century Fox. 99m. Franscope

A beautiful skydiver becomes involved in a plot to retrieve a valuable Oriental ornament.
Slick Sixties semi-spoof spy thriller of double-cross and triple-cross, with the decorous Raquel Welch instead of the more chauvinist James Bond. Quite innocent fun.

Written by: Lorenzo Semple Jnr, from the novel by Larry Forrester.
Producer: John Kohn.
Director: Leslie Mattinson.
Starring: Raquel Welch, Tony Franciosa, Clive Revill, Ronald Fraser, Richard Briers, Greta Chi, Tom Adams, Ann Lancaster.
Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Ken Vos.
Music: Johnny Dankworth.

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