A Touch of the Sun (1979 film)

A Touch of the Sun
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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

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

• 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

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

1. "A Touch of the Sun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
2. Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 952. ISBN   9780992936440.

External links

• A Touch of the Sun at IMDb