Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Rickee A mediocre and somewhat tame thriller. Jack Washington a lower class dropout, just out of the army, is working as a bartender in Paris. He runs into an old flame. Five years before, he spend 4 days with her and her rich parents. Her father, Ned Pine, systematically humiliated him because he thought Jack was not socially prominent enough for his daughter. She has married and divorced and invites Jack to spend 10 days with her family on their yacht. Jack agrees in hopes of beating her father at some sport, any sport will do. But her father beats him at everything all over again. Jack notices that Pine sometimes gets notes and phone calls from someone he is obviously afraid of. Intrigued, Jack begins compiling a dossier on Pine and his associates. None of them seem to notice this, which is one of the unbelievable parts of this movie, since he walks around the yacht writing in his notebook in plain sight. Near the end, Pine arranges to have Jack killed, but Jack escapes. At the end, he is telling his story to a man that he comes to realize is the very man that Pine was afraid of and who is an even bigger and meaner criminal than Pine. I won't say how it ends, but the ending is ridiculous and makes no sense. Nor does it tie into the main plot involving Pine. Nearly everyone in this is miscast. The handsome and aristocratic Wagner is cast as a loser bartender and he cannot play the character believably. Moreover, the Jill St John character is so vapid and mercenary, its a mystery what he sees in her. But the movie is really ruined by the ending which makes no sense and is entirely unconnected with the rest of the plot.

GeoData This story was well produced, well cast, well directed, shot on location (good locations), with a solid script, story, direction and a strong memorability quotient. The story is a well conceived plot that builds, from the perspective of a young man (Robert Wagner) who starts off just being along for the ride, following a beautiful girl (Jill St John), onto the yacht of her rich father (Peter Lawford), who turns out to be very competitive, extremely mysterious and involved in something that becomes fascinating to Wagner's character to understand. As curiosity heightens, it becomes obvious what that what kills the cat could also kill a young man. And from there it keeps getting better. Just when you think it will end exactly as you'd thought, it doesn't. Despite all these years, I have never seen this played on cable or Saturday afternoon matinées, yet I still remember the story. It would be nice if someone, somewhere, would pick up this title before it is completely forgotten by those few of us alive long enough to remember having seen it. I seem to remember reading somewhere that even Robert Wagner was distressed that this title is not available on video. True or not, this title is worth consideration. It should be found and remastered for DVD.

modelmasters From "With A Song In My Heart", in the 1950s, to the present day the performances of Robert Wagner have always been believable. This actor's body of work represents a person who takes pride in their craft and does not take themselves too seriously.This "small" movie afforded Robert Wagner the opportunity to present the scope of his acting chops. As the story unfolded, it became more compelling to watch. I found myself reacting to the slowly mounting tension. The locale was most beautiful. A decision to use a yacht as a focal point of the setting seemed ingenious. Peter Lawford provided a character with an appearance of urbanity that concealed something rather evil. It would be a mistake to not mention the beautiful actress, Jill St, John. I've seen this movie quite a few times over the ensuing years, always with enjoyment. Seeing it in my mind's eye from a distance of 38 years it is still as clear as yesterday. A simple summer vacation slowly morphs into a cunning, chilling and thriller hunt presented as one of the most amazing chess games in a story environment.

lordhack_99 I can see that I am not alone in thinking that this was a superior story, handled very well (except for the very last shot!). The same spooked atmosphere of THE PRISONER pervades; I recommend FRAGMENT OF FEAR for the same what-is-reality take. Anyway, just wonderful. That scene on the yacht! Film noir lives!!