Konterr Brilliant and touching

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

MartinHafer "Intent to Kill" is a really good suspense film which was made in Canada and has a very international cast. It is set at a hospital and a South American president (Herbert Lom) is scheduled to have some delicate brain surgery. However, somebody wants him dead and they've recruited a group of gangsters to make sure he doesn't leave the hospital alive. They make one attempt...and end up killing the wrong patient! But they are a very persistent and bloodthirsty lot and they won't stop until he's dead or they're all dead instead.The film works well because the writing was excellent and the director did a nice job of keeping the tension mounting. The ending, in particular, was very exciting and well worth the wait.

blanche-2 Jack Cardiff does a good job in his directorial debut, 1958's Intent to Kill, starring Richard Todd, Herbert Lom, Betsy Drake, Warren Stevens, and Lisa Gastoni. Lom plays a South American leader who has entered a Canadian hospital under the name of Martin; however, that doesn't stop a group of assassins, headed by Warren Stevens, from getting the details of his stay and trying to assassinate him. The goal is to have the doctor in their gang inject him with an air bubble. It doesn't quite work out as they hoped.Richard Todd plays his doctor, Dr. McLaurin, an unhappily married man who is in love (platonically for the moment) with a nurse, Nancy Ferguson (Betsy Drake).Though this is a British film, it's set in a hospital in Canada, and is reminiscent of the film Crisis, which starred Cary Grant. The acting is good, particularly from Lom, and the camera work, no surprise, is interesting.The best scenes in this film, in my opinion, occur at the end, when there is a confrontation on a staircase, an intense and exciting scene, very well done.Entertaining with some nice twists and good elements.

edwagreen Taut thriller where a South American dictator, who was nearly assassinated,comes to Canada to face surgery after having seizures. Of course, there is a plot within Canada to finish him off. The guys involved in the plot have been hired by those against the man, and they have an inability to get along with each other.An interesting point in the film is the idea that the doctor, a very good Richard Todd, and the dictator, Herbert Lom, both are having marital difficulties. To add to the plot, the dictator's wife unknowingly is involved with an official from the embassy of their country who is involved in this new assassination plot.Alexander Knox, who was so good and robbed of an Oscar 14 years before in the memorable "Wilson," co-stars in this film as a Dr. Gillespie type-only he is realistic and is willing to take advice and follow through.The plot twists are excellent. Betsy Drake, who always seemed to mouth those lines with her throat, is great as the female doctor who Todd really loves. He is married to a status climbing woman who wants him to come to England where there is more money opportunities. He is a dedicated doctor who wants to stay where he is.The ending shooting spree in the hospital is exciting under excellent direction of Jack Cardiff.

francodomenico Catch this one, if you can. The acting is not that good; but, there is some comic relief in the way th would-be assassins blunder everything! Also, Warren Stevens is a Great, great actor--and, I know he did a huge amount of work in TV, but what an underestimated actor!It is an American production, and they employed a lot of Local Canadian extras---Poor idea--Canadians probably "can" act; but not in this one.Keep an eye on Herbert Lom--Awesome! Carlo Giustini is a handsome Italian actor--but, again, not a very good actor, either.It is a little dramatic with the "wife" routine--sort of a la soap opera--but, If you find see this movie--I know you will love it.