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A Man Could Get Killed is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Ronald Neame released in USA on 25 march 1966 with James Garner
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
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Add to a movie listA Man Could Get Killed is a 1966 adventure comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and Cliff Owen, shot on various locations in Portugal and starring James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, and Robert Coote. The fourteen-year-old Jenny Agutter worked on the film but did not appear in the final cut.
The screenplay was written by Richard L. Breen, and T. E. B. Clarke and David E. Walker based on the Walker's novel Diamonds For Danger. The film introduced the melody of "Strangers in the Night" by German composer Bert Kaempfert which won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture" of 1967.
Synopsis
A search is on for stolen diamonds and a government agent has been killed trying to recover them. When an unsuspecting William Beddoes arrives in Lisbon on behalf of an American bank, he is mistaken for the dead agent's replacement.Actors
James Garner
(William Beddoes)
Melina Mercouri
(Aurora / Celeste da Costa)
Sandra Dee
(Amy Franklin)
Anthony Franciosa
(Steve / Antonio)
Robert Coote
(Hatton / Jones)
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