By Lorraine LoBianco
In Saigon: Some May Live
Brief Synopsis
An American diplomat enlists a double agent's wife to help him find a Vietnamese assassin.
Cast & Crew
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Vernon Sewell
Director
Joseph Cotten
Peter Cushing
Walter Brown
Paula Li Shiu
John Ronane
Film Details
Also Known As
Some May Live
Genre
Drama
War
Release Date
1967
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Synopsis
An American diplomat enlists a double agent's wife to help him find a Vietnamese assassin.
Director
Vernon Sewell
Director
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Peter Cushing
Walter Brown
Paula Li Shiu
John Ronane
Alec Mango
Lee Peters
David Spencer
Carol Cleveland
Keith Bonnard
Burnell Tucker
Kim Smith
Edwina Carroll
Martha Hyer
Crew
Peter Callander
Song
David T. Chantler
Screenplay
Vince Hill
Song Performer
George Lack
Production Designer
Wally Nelson
Sound
Cyril Ornadel
Music
Cyril Ornadel
Song
Ray Parslow
Director Of Photography
Gordon Pilkington
Editor
Clive Sharp
Producer
Peter Snell
Producer
Anthony Waye
Assistant Director
Joseph F Workman
Production Manager
Film Details
Also Known As
Some May Live
Genre
Drama
War
Release Date
1967
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Articles
Some May Live -
Until recently, Some May Live (1967, aka In Saigon, Some May Live) was rarely seen on television. The Vietnam War-era film starred Martha Hyer as an intelligence decoder who is forced by her foreign husband (Peter Cushing) to give information to him and the Viet Cong, betraying the United States and leaving her guilt-ridden. Written by David T. Chantler, it was directed by veteran director Vernon Sewell, who had previously been known as a director of horror or supernatural films. Some May Live co-stars Joseph Cotten as the officer who sets a trap for Cushing along with Carol Cleveland, who appears in an uncredited role pre-Monty Python. Shot on location in England at the Twickenham Studios, it was the first full-length feature made in Europe by producer Phil Krasne through his Krasne Entertainments with Foundation Pictures. The goal was to create a low-budget film with American and British stars that could play in both markets. While the film was distributed theatrically in the UK with an "A" censorship certificate by Butcher's Film Distributors, it did not receive theatrical distribution in the United States. Instead, RKO General Pictures handled distribution for American television, where it first aired on selected CBS stations in the fall of 1967. Cushing, always a busy actor, went into Some May Live shortly after completing the Hammer film Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). Just weeks after wrapping Some May Live, he would work again with director Sewell in Vampire-Beast Craves Blood (1968), which he would later say was the worst film of his career.
By Lorraine LoBianco
By Lorraine LoBianco
Some May Live -
Until recently, Some May Live (1967, aka In Saigon, Some May Live) was rarely seen on television. The Vietnam War-era film starred Martha Hyer as an intelligence decoder who is forced by her foreign husband (Peter Cushing) to give information to him and the Viet Cong, betraying the United States and leaving her guilt-ridden. Written by David T. Chantler, it was directed by veteran director Vernon Sewell, who had previously been known as a director of horror or supernatural films. Some May Live co-stars Joseph Cotten as the officer who sets a trap for Cushing along with Carol Cleveland, who appears in an uncredited role pre-Monty Python. Shot on location in England at the Twickenham Studios, it was the first full-length feature made in Europe by producer Phil Krasne through his Krasne Entertainments with Foundation Pictures. The goal was to create a low-budget film with American and British stars that could play in both markets. While the film was distributed theatrically in the UK with an "A" censorship certificate by Butcher's Film Distributors, it did not receive theatrical distribution in the United States. Instead, RKO General Pictures handled distribution for American television, where it first aired on selected CBS stations in the fall of 1967. Cushing, always a busy actor, went into Some May Live shortly after completing the Hammer film Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). Just weeks after wrapping Some May Live, he would work again with director Sewell in Vampire-Beast Craves Blood (1968), which he would later say was the worst film of his career.
By Lorraine LoBianco
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Released in United States 1967
Released in United States 1967
