The 3rd Voice

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The 3rd Voice
The 3rd Voice poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Hubert Cornfield
Written byHubert Cornfield
Based onAll the Way
by Charles Williams
Produced byHubert Cornfield
Maury Dexter
Starring Edmond O'Brien
Julie London
Laraine Day
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Edited byJohn A. Bushelman
Music by Johnny Mandel
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 5, 1960 (1960-03-05)(New York City)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

The 3rd Voice (also known as The Third Voice) is a 1960 American neo noir thriller crime drama film directed and written by Hubert Cornfield, who also produced the film with Maury Dexter. It is based on the novel All the Way by Charles Williams and stars Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day (in her final film), and Julie London. [1] [2]

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Plot

The Man is the accomplice of Marian Forbes, the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim. The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort, where he meets Corey Scott and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor, but things begin to go awry.

Cast

List of the actors in the film: [3]

Production

The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert's Associated Producers Incorporated, which produced lower-budget films for 20th Century Fox. Lippert bought the rights to the book and arranged for Hubert Cornfield to adapt and direct. Lippert and Fox president Spyros Skouras increased the budget to a level that co-producer Maury Dexter described as a "nervous A class" of film. The film was shot in and around Los Angeles and Malibu in October 1959. [4] [5]

According to Dexter, during filming, Cornfield accused O'Brien of not knowing his lines and O'Brien threatened to punch Cornfield on the last day of filming, though this may not have happened. [4]

Reception

Dexter claims that the film received positive reviews and "did fairly well at the box office." [4]

In a contemporary review for the New York Times , critic A. H. Weiler called the film "... taut, complex and eerily fascinating for only about three-quarters of the way. A dénouement that seems telegraphed and contrived and some situations that are overly garrulous and static keep 'The Third Voice' from reaching a high pitch of excitement." [6]

The Los Angeles Times called the film an "interesting thriller." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Blum, Daniel (1961). Daniel Blum's Screen World. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 20. ISBN   0-8196-0302-3.
  2. ↑ "THIRD VOICE, the". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 27. 1960. p. 55. ProQuest   1305821679.
  3. ↑ IMB: The 3rd Voice
  4. 1 2 3 Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). pp. 96–97.
  5. ↑ Scheuer, P. K. (Oct 26, 1959). "Lippert hails era of $300,000 hits". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   167507684.
  6. ↑ Weiler, A. H. (1960-03-07). "Screen: Intricate Murder in Mexico". The New York Times . p. 24.
  7. ↑ Warren, G. (Jan 28, 1960). "'The third voice' interesting thriller". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   167585733.
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