

When Eight Bells Toll
Danger runs deeper than the sea bed!
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions in gold bullion off the western coast of the Scottish highlands. His search takes him to the small port town of Torbay on the Isle of Torbay where numerous fishing boats, yachts and people have been mysteriously disappearing. A trail of deceit and subterfuge leads him to Cypriot tycoon and shipping magnate Sir Anthony Skouras and his beautiful wife, Charlotte aboard their luxury yacht anchored off the coast, who may hold the answers to the truth.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $5.4M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- scotland
- secret agent
- ship hijacking
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalPGGP rating26 May 1971
United KingdomGB
- PremierePGLondon, Premiere10 Mar 1971
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1624 Mar 1972
IrelandIE
- Theatrical30 Apr 1971
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1530 Aug 1971
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When Eight Bells Toll was released on 30 April 1971.
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CinemaSerf
5/29/2023
Alistair Maclean always could pen a good a crime thriller, and his adaptation of his own novel lends much to this, otherwise, rather lacklustre production. It stars Anthony Hopkins as an agent who is despatched by Robert Morley ("Sir Arthur") to investigate the loss of a ship off the Northern coast of Scotland. Once he arrives in this remote coastal community, he quickly discovers his task to be quite perilous - some…
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