Click here to buy posters! Though based on a true story of a British safecracker who worked as a double spy (subject of a UK documentary in 2003 with the real life more remarkable than what is portrayed in the film) durind the Second World War, Triple Cross is made in the standard spy pattern of having him a ladies' man, fast with his mitts, glib and shrewd, and with overloaded and obvious suspense bits thrown in to rob this of the verisimilitude needed to give it a more original fillip. Director Terence Young plays this slightly tongue-in-cheek and it actually emerges as a sort of mini-Bond. Christopher Plummer is first seen cracking a series of safes and is finally arrested on Jersey. Along comes war and the Germans take over the island. He bluffs his way into getting a hearing with some top German undercover people. He manages to gull them into letting him work for them and is finally entrusted with a mission. Once in Britain he goes to the British security people, finally convinces them and goes to work for them for a big sum and a promise to wipe out his criminal record. Plummer walks through his role, putting in a really lazy performance, and does not have the impassive mask for the pro criminal or the needed lightness to give the romantic dash it calls for. Romy Schneider is wasted; Yul Brynner's role is all over the place and not believable. Nevertheless, it is a mildly interesting piece for its genre. 2 STARS OUT OF 5 triple cross uk dvd now in stock | dvds | videos yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth triple cross dvds triple cross videos triple cross dvds | videos yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth Page created by: ihuppert5@aol.com Changes last made: 2010