When Eight Bells Toll

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bao s Want to be Bond James, Bond, but it's Hop, Helicopter, Hop! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review R C Great adaptation of Alistair McLean's novel, Anthony Hopkins does his best as a fledgling action star and is pretty good in it. Robert Morley brings his usual gruff favourite uncle act, and Jack Hawkins even though he lost his voice from throat cancer is still a commanding presence. The story is that gold bullion ships are going missing in the Scottish isles and Hopkins and company....Corin Redgrave as his cheerful partner investigate. Excellent photography of the Scottish scenery, great action sequences especially involving a helicopter. The score by Angela Morley is superb. Follows McLean's novel very well. Overall a must see! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review nick s A no thrills James Bond. Anthony Hopkins was a fine actor but this wasn't a very good vehicle for him. It would have been better if the writer/director wasn't trying to hit all the bond beats. But if you pretend it wasn't imitation then the movie is fairly entertaining. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Anthony Hopkins stars in one of his earliest flicks. This one falls in line with the old James Bond movies. Secret agent Philip Calvert is a navy officer hired by the British government. His latest mission is to track down gold bullion smugglers involving sunken ships. Sir Anthony Skouras is the one in charge in Greece. With Calvert assigned to monitor him on the Scottish coast are his findings legit? Skouras is a respected member of society among the locals so he might not be able to touch him. Calvert also gets help from Charlotte, Skouras' wife who finds out about his shady business Calvert does his job breaking the rules not following orders but doing it well A good agent goes beyond the call of duty This is an above average spy flick for a great Thespian actor Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Part_time_pirate I wish I could say that this movie is so bad that it is good but it is just plain miserably bad. Every character, every word of dialog, every scene...simply every single thing about this film needs to be taken 200miles from shore, weighted down with old scrap steel and deep sized from the face of the planet! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review jon c Anthony Hopkins stars in one of his earliest flicks. This one falls in line with the old James Bond movies. Secret agent Philip Calvert is a navy officer hired by the British government. His latest mission is to track down gold bullion smugglers involving sunken ships. Sir Anthony Skouras is the one in charge in Greece. With Calvert assigned to monitor him on the Scottish coast are his findings legit? Skouras is a respected member of society among the locals so he might not be able to touch him. Calvert also gets help from Charlotte, Skouras' wife who finds out about his shady business Calvert does his job breaking the rules not following orders but doing it well A good agent goes beyond the call of duty This is an above average spy flick for a great Thespian actor Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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