The Jerusalem File

The Jerusalem File (1972)

Terror and sudden death erupt in a city torn apart by violence.

An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around the time of Arab-Israeli Six Day War.

Date of release
1972-02-02
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Thriller, Action, Drama
Director
John Flynn

Casting

Interesting facts

The Jerusalem File is a 1972 American film directed by John Flynn and starring Bruce Davison, Nicol Williamson, Daria Halprin, and Donald Pleasence. It was written by Troy Kennedy Martin.

Production

Director John Flynn later recalled the original script was bad but Troy Kennedy Martin rewrote it and Flynn loved the result. The movie was shot in Israel. In a 2005 interview Flynn recalled:

I stayed at the American Colony Hotel in east Jerusalem, further refining the script while waiting for the production money to come in. All the foreign journalists congregated in the bar of that hotel. So I’d be sitting there in that cavern, as they called it, with all these gentlemen of the press, getting the inside dope on what was really happening in Israel... I never saw Ian Hendry sober, but he somehow managed to function.

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