Intent to Kill (1958)
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British melodrama maven Jimmy Sangster adapted his screenplay for Intent to Kill from a novel by Michael Bryan. Richard Todd plays a Montreal doctor who is in love with his pretty American assistant Betsy Drake. Todd is saddled with a viper-tongued wife (Catherine Boyle), who wants him to leave the provinces for a posh practice in London. The good doctor's problems are intensified when he is obliged to perform delicate brain surgery on a hated South American president (Herbert Lom), who has been targeted for assassination by a "trusted" colleague (Carlo Giustini). Only the intervention of police detective Paul Carpenter saves Todd from stopping a bullet himself. The heated intrigues of Intent to Kill are contrasted by the wintry Montreal exteriors. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Richard Todd - Dr. Bob McLaurin
- Herbert Lom - Juan Menda
- Paul Carpenter - O'Brien
- Lisa Gastoni - Carla Menda
- Catherine Boyle - Margaret McLaurin
- John McLaren - Anaesthetist
- Kay Callard - Carol's Friend
- Ann Stephens
- Stella Bonheur
- William Sherwood
- Maggie McGrath - Night Nurse
- Carlo Giustini - Francisco Flores
- Betsy Drake - Dr. Nancy Ferguson
- Warren Stevens - Finch
- Alexander Knox - Dr. McNeil
- Peter Arne - Kral
- John Crawford - Boyd
- Jackie Collins - Carol Freeman
- Mark Baker
- Hedger Wallace
- John Carson
- Natalie Lynn
- Diana Hammond
- Director(s):
- Jack Cardiff
- Writer(s):
- Jimmy Sangster
- Producer(s):
- Adrian Worker
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