Who? (film)

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Who?
Directed by Jack Gold
Written byJohn Gould
Based on Who? by Algis Budrys
Produced by Barry Levinson
Kurt Berthold (co-producer)
Starring Elliott Gould
Trevor Howard
Joseph Bova
CinematographyPetrus R. Schlömp
Edited by Norman Wanstall
Music by John Cameron
Production
companies
Lion International
Hemisphere
Distributed by British Lion Films
Release dates
  • 19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)(United Kingdom)
  • August 1975 (1975-08)(United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Who? is a 1974 British science fiction film based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Algis Budrys. It was directed by Jack Gold and stars Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard and Joseph Bova. Some video releases were retitled The Man in the Steel Mask or Roboman.

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Synopsis

An enigmatic individual with a metal face is returned from East Germany and claims to be Lucas Martino, an American scientist who was working on a top-secret project but was severely injured and scarred in a car crash. American authorities hold him in custody while they try to establish whether the man is the real Martino or an impostor looking for secret information about the ultimate rocket project developed in the West.

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Release

Although one 1983 British source stated that the film was shelved for five years after its completion in 1974, [1] contemporary sources indicate the film was screened theatrically in the U.S. in 1975, [2] [3] and broadcast on British television in 1976. [4]

Reception

Contemporary U.S. reviews were mixed to negative. The Iowa Gazette described it as "distinctly average but better than mediocre". [2] The Kentucky Courier-Journal dismissed it as a "clinker", calling it an "inane... funereal mess". [3]

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References

  1. Selway, Jennifer (6 February 1983). "The Week in View". The Observer. p. 40 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Halliday, Doc (12 June 1975). "Who? Conventional Spy Plot, but its Ending is Imaginative". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids: Iowa via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Dietrich, Jean (27 September 1975). "After watching 'Who?' you start wondering why". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. A11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Weekend Television/Radio: BBC1". The Guardian. 24 July 1976. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.