When Eight Bells Toll









When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater espionage in When Eight Bells Toll.
Screenplay by Alistair MacLean
Produced by Elliott Kastner
Directed by Etienne Perier
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert
Nathalie Selon as Charlotte
Robert Morley as Uncle Arthur
Jack Hawkins as Sir Anthony Skouras
Corin Redgrave as Hunslett
Derek Bond as Lord Charnley
Ferdy Mayne as Lavorski
Maurice Roëves as Lieutenant Scott Williams, Helicopter Pilot
Leon Collins as Tim Hutchinson
Wendy Allnut as Sue Kirkside
Peter Arne as Imrie
Additional Cast:
Oliver MacGreevy as Quinn
Jon Croft as Durran
Tom Chatto as Lord Kirkside
Charlie Stewart as Sgt. Macdonald
Edward Burnham as Macullum
Del Henney as Dungeon Guard
Vic Armstrong as Gunman (uncredited)
Peter Brace as Thyg (uncredited)
Peter Diamond as Drowned Man (uncredited)
Harry Fielder as Thug on Boat (uncredited)
Bill Hibbert as Thug (uncredited)
Geirge Leech as Thug (uncredited)
Robert Rietty as BBC Radio Nwsreader (uncredited)
Doug Robinson as Guard killed with crossbow by Calvert (uncredited)
A Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner Picture
from Cinerama Releasing
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

