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Film Description
Michael Caine stars as cat burglar and professional conman Henry Clarke is the glossy heist thriller Deadfall. During a stay at a sanitarium for recovering alcoholics, Clarke is approached by a mysterious woman, Fe, who has a business proposition for him - her husband is planning an ingenious robbery. With Clarke's ability as a thief, they have a winning combination.
The trio head to Spain to carry out their audacious job. However, as the stakes grow higher and the risks become greater, relations between the three become dangerously complicated, as Clarke and Fe begin to fall in love and secrets from the past emerge, threatening to destroy them all.
This entertaining thriller from 1968 merits a reappraisal; its virtues are more than its lacklustre reputation suggest. For a start, there's a Rififi-style robbery seq... more >
This entertaining thriller from 1968 merits a reappraisal; its virtues are more than its lacklustre reputation suggest. For a start, there's a Rififi-style robbery sequence (taking place during a performance of John Barry's striking Romance for Guitar and Orchestra) that everyone who has seen the film remembers; Directed by Bryan Forbes (quite some way after The league of Gentlemen), Deadfall stars a colourless Michael Caine, with the always-interesting Eric Portman providing the wattage massing form the above-the title star. < less
