Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2021 / No comments / bernard lee , british neo noir , british new wave , colette wild , con man , haya harareet , mystery , norman bird , sixties , stewart granger , thriller
STEWART GRANGER WITH BERNARD LEE IN 'THE SECRET PARTNER'
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Granger, Lee & Harareet Year: 1963 Rating: **** |
Hybrid of THE THIRD MAN where steely London never looked so menacing with science-fiction/horror with the title menace's mask and spooky voice-box, and who exactly THE SECRET PARTNER is can't be entirely figured in this always-guessing mystery thriller since two people are being blackmailed including an initially blackmailing dentist and Stewart Granger, so enigmatic he can't be altogether trusted despite portraying the victimized lead...
There's a doomed underworld vibe despite almost equal screen time spent in a bright police station with token inspector Bernard Lee, figuring things along with both the audience and Granger himself... as this is is a con artist story despite seeming like a revenge against a man who's supposedly a former one. The cast also includes lovely yet tough Haya Harareet as Granger's supposedly betrayed wife who seems anything but a victim, and the shifty Peter Lorre-like dentist played by a quirky Norman Bird. As in most British b-movies, the side-characters and location... from industrial London factories, bleak city streets and an immense shipyard... stands out above the mainline, which in itself is always shifting, twisty and unpredictable.
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Bernard Lee and Hara Harareet in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Stewart Granger in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Circus of Horror starlet Colette Wilde in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Stewart Granger in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Bernard Lee in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Hara Harareet in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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Hara Harareet in THE SECRET PARTNER |
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