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World for Ransom

World for Ransom

5,3 /10 (22 Votes)
1954 EN 82 min

Overview

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.

Release date

31/01/1954

Votes

22

Popularity

1.0

He was lured kiss-by-kiss into an incredible plot to destroy the world!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

82 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-03-10

⭐ 6

When acclaimed nuclear physicist "O'Connor" (Arthur Shields) is kidnapped in Singapore it falls to opportunist investigator "Callahan" (Dan Duryea) to try to find him before an auction ensues that will see the poor man fought over by the West and those nasty commies behind the iron curtain. Meantime, he's also amidst a bit of a love triangle with singer "Frennessey" (Marion Carr) who is married to the underwhelming "Julian" (Patric Knowles) and looking for a bit of adventure. Thereafter this all rather standard cold war drama that, for me at any rate, is really only memorable as the last on sc…

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