Pattern for Plunder
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John Ainsworth
Keenan Wynn
Mai Zetterling
Ronald Howard
Rona Anderson
Trader Faulkner
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Three former naval commandos--bank executive Bill Webb, nightclub pianist Pru Lawson, and Dave Newton--are summoned by their ex-commander, Nick Rawlings, to participate in a secret mission dubbed "Operation Mermaid." Once at sea, they learn that they are to recover $10 million in stolen war booty. The treasure was hidden by German General von Kreisling with the collaboration of two Allied officers, an American and a Frenchman, to whom he gave pieces of a map pinpointing its hiding place. Nick Rawlings holds the American's segment, which he explains was obtained through intelligence sources. In Cherbourg, contact is made with Helene Bretton, purported agent for the recently released von Kreisling, and she supplies his third of the puzzle. The final portion, originally held by the French collaborator, who is now dead, is discovered behind a painting of a mermaid. The group quickly put to sea toward Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, where the loot is said to be hidden in a family tomb. The bullion and works of art are found, and with them a painting of Helene's mother. She reveals herself to be a French secret agent and identifies Rawlings as the American traitor with whom the German general had made his deal. Rawlings escapes but is killed in the quicksands on the beach of Mont-Saint-Michel.
Director
John Ainsworth
Cast
Keenan Wynn
Mai Zetterling
Ronald Howard
Rona Anderson
Trader Faulkner
Edward Underdown
Michael Peake
Victor Beaumont
Rudolph Offenbach
Paul Bogdan
Rita Webb
Murray Kash
Mike Jenkinson
Harvey Hall
Sidney Gross
Patrick Darren
Sally Aylward
Michael Landeau
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Released in Great Britain in 1963 as The Bay of Saint-Michel at 73 min. Also known as Operation Mermaid.
