The Cape Town Affair
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| Directed by | Robert D. Webb |
| Starring | Claire Trevor James Brolin Jacqueline Bisset |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Language | English |
The Cape Town Affair is director Robert D. Webb's 1967 glamorized spy film produced by 20th Century Fox at Killarney Film Studios in South Africa. The film is a remake of the 1953 picture Pickup on South Street. The film stars Claire Trevor, James Brolin and Jacqueline Bisset.
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[edit] Plot
South African secret agents try to save a confidential microfilm before the Communists get hold of it.
[edit] Cast
- Claire Trevor as Sam Williams
- James Brolin as Skip McCoy
- Jacqueline Bisset as Candy
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Some of the Cape Town locations include Long Street, apartments along Beach Road in Mouille Point and Green Point, the harbor docks now within the Waterfront, and the town center near the railway station and city hall.
[edit] Reception
Commentators describe the film as dull, slow-paced, poorly acted and tedious. The film does however paint an interesting picture of life in South Africa under apartheid as seen from the point of view of official government policy. All the leading characters are white and even street scenes contain few non-whites.
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