| 词条 | Venetian Bird |
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| name = Venetian Bird | image = VenetianBird-Poster.jpg | image size = | alt = | caption = | director = Ralph Thomas | producer = Betty Box (producer) Earl St. John (executive producer) | writer = Victor Canning | narrator = | starring = | music = Nino Rota | cinematography = Ernest Steward | editing = Gerald Thomas | studio = | distributor = General Film Distributors (1952, UK, theatrical) United Artists (1953, US, theatrical) | released = 1952 | runtime = 95 minutes; US:90 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross =£80,000[1] | preceded by = | followed by = }}{{more citations needed|date=August 2013}} Venetian Bird is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and John Gregson.[2] In its US release, it was titled The Assassin. SynopsisBritish private detective Edward Mercer (Richard Todd) is employed to travel to Venice and locate an Italian who is to be rewarded for his assistance to Allied airmen during the Second World War. Once he arrives in Italy, however, he becomes mixed up in an assassination and a great deal of mystery. The mystery revolves around whether Renzo Uccello (John Gregson) actually died a few years earlier in World War II or not. Cast
ProductionMichael Balcon originally rejected the idea of a film based on Canning's novel because it was set in Italy and dealt with Italians, not Britons. Betty Box appealed to Earl St John who over-ruled Balcon. Italian censors did require the script clear up the portrayal of political struggles in post-war Venice that were in the novel.[3]The film was shot entirely on location in Venice. Box and Thomas decided not to use colour as they felt it would not suit the genre.[4] References1. ^[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UyYTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA386&lpg=PA386&dq=vincent+porter+sue+harper&source=bl&ots=978Q3rMq7B&sig=R2UhMp6T53KbfjIFniBqZYP0amw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLzJmegsPMAhUB_2MKHZcZDfEQ6AEIQzAI#v=onepage&q&f=true BFI Collections: Michael Balcon Papers H3 reprinted in British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference By Sue Harper, Vincent Porter p 41] 2. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044378/plotsummary IMDb Plot Summary: The Assassin] 3. ^[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UyYTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA386&lpg=PA386&dq=vincent+porter+sue+harper&source=bl&ots=978Q3rMq7B&sig=R2UhMp6T53KbfjIFniBqZYP0amw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLzJmegsPMAhUB_2MKHZcZDfEQ6AEIQzAI#v=onepage&q&f=false British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference by Sue Harper, Vincent Porter Oxford University Press, 2003 p 38] 4. ^BY WAY OF REPORT: Box -- Thomas Activities -- Cinema 16 Plans --By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 Sep 1952: X5. External links
10 : 1952 films|British films|Films scored by Nino Rota|English-language films|Detective films|Films directed by Ralph Thomas|Films shot at Pinewood Studios|Films set in Venice|Films produced by Betty Box|1950s thriller films |
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