Malaga
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Laslo Benedek
Trevor Howard
Dorothy Dandridge
Edmund Purdom
Michael Hordern
Paul Stassino
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Synopsis
In London, John Bain and Peter Carran rob a titled celebrity of her jewels; but once the coup has been accomplished, Carran deserts his partner and heads for Spain with the loot. Bain evades the police trap laid for him by Carran and joins forces with the latter's discarded black mistress, Gianna. After learning of Carran's escape to Spain, they take pursuit despite a mutual distrust of each other. Once in Madrid, however, they discover Carran has gone to Málaga. Bain captures him there but learns that he has not yet received payment from his smuggling connections. It is decided that Gianna will travel to Gibraltar by ship and pick up the money; but soon after her departure Carran escapes from Bain, gets to the ship first, and takes Gianna prisoner. Bain then surrenders himself to the police, and Carran is trapped aboard the ship. Gianna, by now in love with Bain, offers to help him make a new beginning.
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Director
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Laslo Benedek
Cast
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Trevor Howard
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Edmund Purdom
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Michael Hordern
Paul Stassino
John Bailey
Alfred Burke
Peter Illing
Barry Keegan
Brian Worth
Thelma D'aguiar
Neville Becker
Martin Boddey
Peter Elliott
Helen Goss
Crew
H. L. Bird
Thomas Clyde
Pamela Cornell
Desmond Dickinson
S. Foster
Harry Gillam
Frederic Goode
George Higgins
Jim Hydes
G. Kirby
A. W. Lumkin
Allan Morrison
David Osborn
Joan Parcell
Victor Peck
Michael Profit
June Randall
Matyas Seiber
Len Shilton
Donald Ogden Stewart
Peter Tabori
Gerald Turney-smith
Eileen Warwick
W. Wayland
Eileen Welch
Harry White
Tom White
Don Wortham
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title for the film was The Takers. The film was released in London in January 1960 as Moment of Danger with a running time of 96 minutes. Although according to contemporary sources Malaga was released in the United States in 1962, the film was reviewed in Daily Variety and Variety and copyrighted in 1960. Portions of Malaga were shot on location in southern Spain. According to a May 27, 1960 Los Angeles Times article, additionally shooting took place in England and Portugal. Although the film was not viewed, the above credits were taken from the film's cutting continuity.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1960
Released in United States 1960