A Touch of the Sun (1979 film)
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| Directed by | Peter Curran |
| Written by | Peter Curran George Fowler |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Curran Oliver I. Irwin |
| Starring | Oliver Reed Sylvaine Charlet Peter Cushing Keenan Wynn |
| Cinematography | David Mason |
| Edited by | Peter Curran |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Touch of the Sun, also known as No Secrets!, is a 1979 British-American comedy film directed by Peter Curran and starring Oliver Reed, Sylvaine Charlet, Peter Cushing and Wilfrid Hyde-White.[1]
Plot
[edit]An American space capsule has crashed into an African dictatorship, whose ruler refuses to return it unless he is paid a large ransom. In response the Americans send in a secret agent to recover it.
Cast
[edit]- Oliver Reed as Captain Daniel Nelson
- Sylvaine Charlet as Natasha
- Peter Cushing as Commissioner Potts
- Keenan Wynn as General Spellman
- Edwin Manda as Emperor Sumumba
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as M-1
- Hilary Pritchard as Miss Funnypenny
- Bruce Boa as Jim Coburn
- A.M. Phiri as Chief Zawie
- Melvyn Hayes as Ginger Rogers
- Mike Cross as Fred Astaire
- Fred Carter as President P. Nuts
- Benjamin Shawa as Emperor's aide
- Friday Nyamba as Emperor's aide
- Jim Kenny as US operator
Critical reception
[edit]The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "This would-be comedy stars Oliver Reed as a bumbling Us Army officer and Peter Cushing as a British commissioner who attempt to recover an American spaceship that's being held for ransom by an African emperor. The humour is so strained as to be sieved of all fun."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "A Touch of the Sun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 952. ISBN 9780992936440.