A Man Could Get Killed | |
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Based on | the novel "Diamonds For Danger" by David E. Walker |
Produced by | Robert Arthur |
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Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Man Could Get Killed is a 1966 American adventure comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and Cliff Owen, shot on various locations in Portugal and starring James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, and Robert Coote. Filmed scenes with Jenny Agutter, then 14, did not appear in the final cut.
The screenplay was written by Richard L. Breen, and T. E. B. Clarke and David E. Walker based on Walker's novel Diamonds for Moscow (American title Diamonds for Danger), published in 1956. The film introduced the melody of "Strangers in the Night" by German composer Bert Kaempfert, which won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture" of 1967.