Nobody Runs Forever

Nobody Runs Forever (1968)

In A Moment He Could Be Dead! - and the only man who could save him was going to arrest him for murder!

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.

Date of release
1968-08-22
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director
Ralph Thomas

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The High Commissioner
  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Nobody Runs Forever, also called The High Commissioner, is a 1968 British political neo noir spy thriller action film directed by Ralph Thomas and based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel The High Commissioner. It stars Rod Taylor as Australian policeman Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer as the Australian High Commissioner in Britain caught up in corrupt dealings, during delicate negotiations. Taylor's production company was involved in making the film, as was the American company Selmur Productions.

Production

In August 1966 Cleary said Frank Sinatra was interested in buying the film rights. Film rights were sold in December 1966. Finance came from the Rank Organisation and America's ABC network.

Filmed in London, this was the last big-screen appearance of Franchot Tone, who plays the American ambassador. Rod Taylor has a rare opportunity to play an Australian, even though it was his native land. Taylor's unsophisticated integrity is contrasted with the London diplomatic scene throughout the film.

Taylor accepted the role on the proviso he could rewrite some of the script. In particular, the opening scene where Scobie Malone arrests Jacko (Charles Tingwell) is Rod's work.

Ralph Thomas later said "I was a hired hand" on the film; "It was ok".

There were several key changes from the novel, including:

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