Nobody Runs Forever

For the film, see The High Commissioner (novel).

Nobody Runs Forever
Directed byRalph Thomas
Written byWilfred Greatorex
Rod Taylor (uncredited)
Based onThe High Commissioner
by Jon Cleary
Produced byBetty E. Box
StarringRod Taylor
Christopher Plummer
Lilli Palmer
Daliah Lavi
Camilla Sparv
Burt Kwouk
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byErnest Hosler
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
The Rank Organisation
Katzka-Berne Productions
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 22 August 1968 (1968-08-22) (London-premiere)
  • 30 August 1968 (1968-08-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,055,000[1]
Box office$605,000[1]

Nobody Runs Forever, also called The High Commissioner, is a 1968 British political neo noir spy thriller action film directed by Ralph Thomas and based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel The High Commissioner.[2] It stars Rod Taylor as Australian policeman Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer as the Australian High Commissioner in Britain caught up in corrupt dealings, during delicate negotiations.[citation needed] Taylor's production company was involved in making the film,[3] as was the American company Selmur Productions.

  1. ^ a b "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 p 3
  2. ^ "Nobody Runs Forever". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The Complete Rod Taylor Site: The High Commissioner".