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When Eight Bells Toll

1971 film directed by Étienne Périer
Movie film Q1710428

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
film
Director
Étienne Périer[1]
Genre
thriller film, action film, drama film, adventure film[4][5][6][7]
Publication date
March 9, 1971, March 10, 1971, April 30, 1971, May 26, 1971, June 5, 1971, August 23, 1971, August 27, 1971, August 30, 1971, October 7, 1971, October 11, 1971, December 11, 1971, March 24, 1972, March 31, 1972, April 21, 1972, May 10, 1972, October 15, 1972, June 27, 1985[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Screenwriter
Alistair MacLean[2]
Based on
When Eight Bells Toll[8]
Producer
Elliott Kastner[19]
Duration
+94[46]
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction[48]
Cast member
Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Corin Redgrave, Derek Bond, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Roëves, Peter Arne, Wendy Allnutt[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Color
color[22]
Composer
Angela Morley[3]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[23]
Director of photography
Arthur Ibbetson[20]
Distributed by
The Rank Organisation[38]
FSK film rating
FSK 16[45]
Film editor
John Shirley[42]
Filming location
Malta, Pinewood Studios[40][41]
Has characteristic
film based on a literary work[44]
NMHH film rating
Category IV[47]
Narrative location
Scotland[39]
Original language of film or TV show
English[21]
P14449
114420
P14724
8528962
Show all 26 facts +2
P14821
67976
Title
When Eight Bells Toll[43]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 51
AllMovie title ID
am44673
Allcinema film ID
18168
AlloCiné film ID
30429
BBC programme ID
m0016l79
BFI National Archive work ID
150052536
Cinema.de ID
1337248
DNF film ID
3584
Decine21 film ID
19267
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
20251, 33582
Douban film ID
1776062
Dvdcompare.net film ID
16032, 36391
EIDR content ID
10.5240/1D58-92B3-C161-80CE-8446-0
Show all 51 identifiers +39
ElFilm film ID
67840
Elonet movie ID
103417
Exploitation mark number
39051
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/das-moerderschiff
FilmAffinity film ID
833461
FilmVandaag ID
film/28972
Filmová databáze film ID
7348
Filmweb.pl film ID
3501
Freebase ID
/m/03cxx7x
IMDb ID
tt0067976
ISAN
0000-0000-6612-0000-J-0000-0000-H
ISzDb film ID
2862
KINENOTE film ID
15995
Kinobox film ID
220144
Kinopoisk film ID
9879
LUMIERE film ID
33126
LdiF ID
31219
Letterboxd film ID
when-eight-bells-toll
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
17133
Movie Review Query Engine ID
when-eight-bells-toll-m100053383
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv15858
MovieMeter film ID
22377
Moviepilot.de film ID
das-moerderschiff
OFDb film ID
31897
OMDb film ID
39504
PORT film ID
112163
Plex media key
5d77686e0ab244002006db8a
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/when-eight-bells-toll
Schnittberichte.com title ID
37772
Scope.dk film ID
6634
Swedish Film Database ID
13402
TCM Movie Database film ID
95474
TMDB movie ID
38654
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
126687
TV.com ID
movies/when-eight-bells-toll
TheTVDB movie ID
39126
Trakt.tv ID
movies/when-eight-bells-toll-1971
Trakt.tv film ID
25001
ČSFD film ID
13372

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Cast member 9
Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Ferdy Mayne, Peter Arne, Maurice Roëves +1 more
Genre 4
action film, drama film, adventure film, thriller film
Filming location 2
Malta, Pinewood Studios
Composer 1
Angela Morley
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Director 1
Étienne Périer
Director of photography 1
Arthur Ibbetson
Distributed by 1
The Rank Organisation
Film editor 1
John Shirley
Instance of 1
film
Narrative location 1
Scotland
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Producer 1
Elliott Kastner
Screenwriter 1
Alistair MacLean
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Related Entities

Alistair MacLean Anthony Hopkins film Jack Hawkins Malta Nathalie Delon Robert Morley Scotland United Kingdom

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    Publication date → +1971-03-09T00:00:00Z, +1971-03-10T00:00:00Z, +1971-04-30T00:00:00Z +14
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