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The House of the Seven Hawks

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Original title

The House of the Seven Hawks

Year

1959

Running time

92 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Richard Thorpe

Screenwriter

Jo Eisinger. Novel: Victor Canning

Cast

Music

Clifton Parker

Cinematography

Edward Scaife (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Mystery. Thriller. Film noir | Crime

Synopsis

Reminiscent of the film noir detective films like The Maltese Falcon, The House of Seven Hawks is really the same type of bird. Aptly directed by Richard Thorpe, the story features Robert Taylor as John Nordley, the captain of a charter-boat service on the British sea coast. Nordley's problem is that he tends to ignore regulations, and when a passenger is murdered on board, his already tarnished reputation is no help in trying to prove his innocence. As the mystery of the murder is unraveled, the story jumps back to the end of World War II and a cache of valuable diamonds that suddenly disappeared. Nordley had been trying to track down the whereabouts of this treasure trove -- would that be connected to his passengers death?

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The House of the Seven Hawks

1959

Richard Thorpe

6.0

(144)