World in My Pocket

1961 film
  • France
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
  • West Germany
LanguagesGerman
Italian
French

World in My Pocket (also known as On Friday at Eleven) is a 1961 European crime-drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff. The film was a co-production between West Germany (where it was released as An einem Freitag um halb zwölf), France (where is known as Vendredi 13 heures) and Italy (where is known as Il mondo nella mia tasca).[1][2]

It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It is based on the 1959 novel The World in My Pocket by James Hadley Chase.[3]

Plot

Cast

  • Nadja Tiller as Ginny
  • Peter van Eyck as Bleck
  • Rod Steiger as Frank Morgan
  • Jean Servais as Gypo
  • Ian Bannen as Kitson
  • Marisa Merlini as Frau Mandini
  • Memmo Carotenuto as Herr Mandini
  • Edoardo Nevola as Carlo Mandini
  • Carlo Giustini as Pierre

References

  1. ^ Hans-Michael Bock, Tim Bergfelder (September 2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. ISBN 978-0857455659.
  2. ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Nash, Stanley Ralph; Ross, Stanley Ralph (1987). The Motion Picture Guide ... Annual. Vol. 9. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997158.
  3. ^ Goble p.79

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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