Some May Live
1967 British film by Vernon Sewell
- April 1967 (1967-04) (UK)
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Some May Live ( also known as In Saigon Some May Live) is a 1967 British war film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotten and Martha Hyer.[1] It was shot at Twickenham Studios.
Plot
During the Vietnam War, a security leak in Saigon has to be plugged, when American decoder Kate Meredith is faced with the dilemma of her husband pressuring her to give him information.
Cast
- Peter Cushing as John Meredith
- Joseph Cotten as Colonel Woodward
- Martha Hyer as Kate Meredith
- John Ronane as Captain Elliott Thomas
- David Spenser as Inspector Sung
- Alec Mango as Ducrai
- Walter Brown as Major Matthews
- Kim Smith as Allan Meredith
- Burnell Tucker as Lawrence
- Carol Cleveland as minor role
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A contrived melodrama made all the more unconvincing by mediocre performances. Martha Hyer in particular is unequal to the demands of her part. Vernon Sewell's direction is quite without style."[2]
Leonard Maltin gave the film two stars, calling it an "Unexciting suspenser."[3]
References
- ^ "Some May Live". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Some May Live". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 192. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (2 September 2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9780698183612 – via Google Books.
External links
- Some May Live at IMDb
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Films directed by Vernon Sewell
- Morgenrot (1933)
- The Silver Fleet (1943)
- The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
- Latin Quarter (1945)
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
- Uneasy Terms (1948)
- The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
- The Dark Light (1951)
- The Black Widow (1951)
- The Floating Dutchman (1952)
- Ghost Ship (1952)
- Counterspy (1953)
- Dangerous Voyage (1954)
- Radio Cab Murder (1954)
- Where There's a Will (1955)
- Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
- Soho Incident (1956)
- Home and Away (1956)
- Rogue's Yarn (1957)
- Battle of the V-1 (1958)
- Wrong Number (1959)
- Urge to Kill (1960)
- House of Mystery (1961)
- The Wind of Change (1961)
- The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
- Strongroom (1962)
- A Matter of Choice (1963)
- Strictly for the Birds (1964)
- Some May Live (1967)
- The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
- Burke & Hare (1972)
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