The Cape Town Affair
3.8 /10 1 Votes
29% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama, Thriller Duration Language English | 4.5/10 IMDb Director Robert D. Webb Written by Dwight Taylor Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 19, 1967 (1967-09-19) Writer Samuel Fuller, Harold Medford, Dwight Taylor (story) Genres Thriller, Spy film, World cinema, Glamorized Spy Film Cast James Brolin (Skip McCoy), Jacqueline Bisset (Candy), Claire Trevor (Sam Williams), Bob Courtney (Capt. Herrick, Security Branch), John Whiteley (Joey), Gordon Mulholland (Warrant Officer Du Plessis)Similar movies Pickup on South Street (1953), Safe House (2012), Topaz (1969), Dark Tide (2012), Torn Curtain (1966) Tagline What good is a million dollars when you're the target for every spy... cop... and killer in Cape Town! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cape Town Affair is director Robert D. Webb's 1967 glamorized spy film produced by 20th Century Fox at Killarney Film Studios in South Africa. The film stars Claire Trevor, James Brolin and Jacqueline Bisset. The film is a remake of the 1953 picture Pickup on South Street.
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The cape town affair
Plot
South African secret agents try to save a confidential microfilm before the Communists get hold of it.
Cast
Production
Some of the Cape Town locations include Long Street, apartments along Beach Road in Mouille Point and Green Point, the harbour docks now within the Waterfront, the town centre near the railway station and city hall.
Reception
Commentators describe the film as dull, slow-paced, poorly acted and tedious. The film does, however, paint an interesting picture of life in South Africa under apartheid as seen from the point of view of official government policy. All the leading characters are white and even street scenes contain few non-whites.
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