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| Behind the Log E.J. Pratt Toronto: Macmillan, 1947 |
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| Son of a Smaller Hero Mordecai Richler New York: Paperback Library, 1968 |
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Selling Intent to Kill… Tueurs à gages, really
A few final words about Jack Cardiff's Intent to Kill. Blame 20th Century Fox; its poster for the French release fairly demands comment.
But what to make of "La lutte sans merci de 'SCOTLAND YARD' contra les TUEURES A GAGES"?
Scotland Yard doesn't figure in the film. Why would it? Not one scene takes place off the Island of Montreal. "La lutte sans merci" is limited to one man, Det Sgt O'Brien of the RCMP, played by Montrealer Paul Carpenter. He doesn't even appear until the second half of the film, when he's assigned to guard the intended target. O'Brien spends most of his time making smalltalk at the nurses' station.
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| "Do the Mounties always get their man, like they say?" "Well, they got me." |
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| "I'm Detective O'Brien, sir… RCMP." |
O'Brien does indeed get his man, in the shoulder, just as the other assassins move in.
Not one of them carries a rifle, as they do in the French poster. They don't wear hats, either, which leads me to wonder if it was O'Brien's suit that had the French recast him as a member of Scotland Yard.
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| "You don't look like a Mountie." "I left my horse outside." |
That's it. You'll hear no more from me about Intent to Kill. Promise.
Tueurs à gages, on the other hand…
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