In the english language, a conspirator is a party to a conspiracy. Conspirator is a film directed by victor saville with robert taylor, elizabeth taylor, robert flemyng, harold warrender, year. See the full list of conspirator cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. In conspirator elizabeth taylor is a young and especially impressionable newlywed. To discuss this film and other cats in movies and on television, join us on facebook and twitter. Much of the film takes place in a picturesque welsh village, an unusual setting for a tense espionage yarn. Almost all dvd players can play dvdrs except for some older models made before 2000 please consult your owners manual for formats compatible with your player. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at, or by clicking here. Near the end of the film major curragh is headed to the house where he meets the russian agents. I was not bored once and will keep this one for my collection. The conspirator is a 2010 american mystery historical drama film directed by robert redford based on an original screenplay by james d. Based on the 1948 novel conspirator by humphrey slater, the film is about a beautiful eighteenyearold american woman who meets and falls in love with a british guards officer who turns out to be a spy for the soviet union.
Conspirator 1949 with robert taylor and elizabeth taylor classic. Only 17 at the time, she at times manages to use her age. In london, in 1949, melinda greyton, a beautiful, eighteenyearold american, attends a ball with her friend and sponsor, joyce penistone. The film itself was prophetic because a few years later donald maclean and guy burgess would be caught and exposed, after that kim philby and long after he was dead sir anthony blunt, the famous fourth man in that. Sometimes studios produced as many as 16 lobby cards for a single film. The otherwise dull evening brightens when handsome, serious maj. Making a move into more adult roles, 17yearold elizabeth taylor plays the giddy young wife of a british army officer robert taylor. Cherryhs foreigner universe films edit the conspirators 1924 film, british silent drama directed by sinclair hill. Reversing the usual mgm tailor the story to the stars. Find movie and film cast and crew information for conspirator 1949 victor saville on allmovie. There is not much of a sense of peril generated, but the film develops a fair degree of tension when elizabeth taylors character discovers the truth about her. The film was released theatrically on april 15, 2011. Conspirator is a 1949 americanbritish film noir suspenseespionagethriller film, directed by victor saville and starring robert taylor and elizabeth taylor. Michael curragh robert taylor, an englishman, and american melinda greyton elizabeth taylor get married, but she has no idea hes working as a spy for the ussr.
Once the dry dust of history gets whisked away, the conspirator feels like a television movie. Conspirator 1949 stream and watch online moviefone. His aged aunt, his only family, urges him to marry her, and he does. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at. Released 1949, conspirator stars robert taylor, elizabeth taylor, robert flemyng, harold warrender the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Jan 18, 2012 here, in conspirator, he is a real person, and so is his wife, who is onto him.
U glavnim ulogama briljiraju uvijek izvrsni robert taylor, te jos slavnija elizabeth taylor, koja je dozivjela. Elizabeth taylor played her first grownup romantic lead in the angloamerican melodrama conspirator. Unlike todays title poster one sheets, which usually feature only one or two glimpses of a film, lobby cards displayed eight separate scenes. Apr 15, 2011 i happened to see the conspirator, a new historical drama directed by robert redford, on the day that the obama administration, reversing its earlier position, announced that khalid shaikh. Hollywoods two most famous taylors take center stage in this atmospheric spy thriller spawned by the early days of the cold war and filmed on location in london and the english countryside. The conspirators, 1843 french historical novel by alexandre dumas and auguste maquet. With robert taylor, elizabeth taylor, robert flemyng, harold warrender, honor blackman, marjorie fielding. I found this movie so interesting, that i read the novel too. Elizabeth taylor is a lovely, vibrant american woman who falls in love with older communist spy robert taylor in conspirator, a british film that was elizabeth. Making a move into more adult roles, 17yearold elizabeth taylor plays. The film tells the story of mary surratt, the only female conspirator charged in the abraham lincoln assassination and the first woman to be executed by the united states federal government. The war hero was given the thankless task of defending the woman charged with plotting lincolns assassination, and mcavoy portrays him as both determined and ambivalent, sometimes at the same exact time.
Conspirator is a sincere anticommunist film, not a piece of cold war junk like some of what was coming out of studios like rko. Heroes returned home from the civil war to be greeted by the secretary of war, edwin stanton kevin kline and other highprofile members of the war department. Movie lobby cards were once employed to entice audience goers and highlight crucial frames from films. Sometimes studios produced as many as 16 lobby cards for a.
The beauty and the sex appeal of the young 17 yearsold elizabeth taylor determined restrictions while shooting her in order to prevent that the film might be rejected due to the hays code. She received her first screen kiss, in fact, from costar robert taylor not bad, but then, this is. Only 17 at the time, she at times manages to use her age to her advantage at certain point during the picture. The soviet fears are wellfounded, as melinda is in the.
As he reaches the street up a flight of stairs a black cat moves from the sidewalk to the. The conspirator takes a few liberties with history, but its a wellcrafted and compelling film that asks provocative questions. His wife learns his secret and he is ordered to kill her but fails and is ordered to liquidate himself. Conspirator 1949 filming locations 4 cley windmill, north norfolk, norfolk, england, uk location. Conspirator dvdr 1949 warner archive collection mod. A newlywed suspects her husband of being a communist spy. A few days after its screening, the film was acquired by lionsgate and roadside attractions for distribution. Conspiratorrobert taylor1949film noirlobby card vf ebay. Another important and cinematographically mature cinema lessons by good old redford. Conspirator by humphrey slaterthe novel is short so lends itself well to a film adaptation. Oscars best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival.
Real people dont murder each other each time they find out a secret about each other. Here, in conspirator, he is a real person, and so is his wife, who is onto him. Conspirator is a 1949 british thriller film directed by victor saville and starring robert taylor and elizabeth taylor. In conspirator elizabeth taylor is a young and especially impressionable newlywed playing against her new husband in robert taylor. In a criminal conspiracy, each alleged party is a coconspirator. Conspirator by humphrey slater the novel is short so lends itself well to a film adaptation. Mar, 2018 elizabeth taylor confronts traitor husband. The soviets quickly make it clear theyre worried his identity will be revealed, so they tell michael to kill his bride. U glavnim ulogama briljiraju uvijek izvrsni robert taylor, te jos slavnija elizabeth taylor, koja je dozivjela hvalospjeve zahvaljujuci ovoj ulozi. Although it was directed by film icon robert redford, the conspirator belongs to james mcavoy, who convincingly inhabits the role of aiken. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, john johnny simmons. Michael curragh of the british army asks melinda to dance. Speelbaas vun dissen thriller weer victor saville inholt. Oscars best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central.
Taylor portrays melinda greyton, the new bride of highly respected major michael curraugh. Conspirator promotional poster directed by victor saville produced by. The conspirator is, in fact, an attempt to understand how and where violence grows up and find a path to insinuate in a society and blind our eyes, suffocating our values. Reversing the usual mgm tailor the story to the stars formula, the storyline in conspirator is sometimes more compelling than its leading players. I happened to see the conspirator, a new historical drama directed by robert redford, on the day that the obama administration, reversing its earlier position, announced that khalid shaikh. The conspirator is an impossible trial to win, but its tried by the best cast in the best manner possible. Miss taylor was great, awesome, classy playing a young american girl visiting england doing the war and meeting a traitor, a spy not knowing these things and falls in with love him. Sep 29, 2016 t he two taylors of film came together rarely onscreen, most notably in the technicolor saga ivanhoe.
Blu ray is excellent and the film photography is perfectly reproduced in the hd transfer. She received her first screen kiss, in fact, from costar robert taylor not bad, but then, this is elizabeth taylor were talking about. Conspirator 1949 victor saville cast and crew allmovie. A young american beauty, melinda greyton, flighty and immature, falls in love with a dashing but solitary and lonely english major, michael curragh, and he with her. Elizabeth taylor is a lovely, vibrant american woman who falls in love with older communist spy robert taylor in conspirator, a british film that was elizabeth taylors entry into adult stardom. This product is madeondemand by the manufacturer using dvdr recordable media. Conspirator 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Didnt know elizabeth taylor was in a spy movie until i saw this one on tcm. William and harry have a secret stepsister but theres a good reason why shes kept hidden duration. In dramatic style, they still want to work their relationship, and honestly, this is what people do, when they find something out about each other. The conspirator premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 11, 2010. Lesser known is the 1949 noiresque film conspirator.
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