Madame Sin
Madame Sin is a 1972 British thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott and Gordon Jackson.[1] The screenplay was written by Greene and Barry Oringer.[1][2]
| Madame Sin | |
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| Directed by | David Greene |
| Produced by | Lew Grade Lou Morheim Robert Wagner Julian Wintle |
| Written by | David Greene Barry Oringer |
| Starring | Bette Davis Robert Wagner |
| Music by | Michael Gibbs |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Release date | 15 January 1972 (US) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
The title character is a vicious villainess who commands a Thought Factory in the Scottish Highlands. Intent on achieving world domination, she kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence and forces him to help her hijack a secret nuclear weapon: the Polaris submarine.
Cast
- Bette Davis as Madame Sin
- Robert Wagner as Anthony Lawrence
- Denholm Elliott as Malcolm De Vere
- Gordon Jackson as Commander Cavendish
- Dudley Sutton as Monk
- Catherine Schell as Barbara
- Pik-Sen Lim as Nikko
- Paul Maxwell as Connors
- David Healy as Braden
- Alan Dobie as White
Production
The film was originally a pilot for a weekly TV series that failed to make the network's schedule.[3] It was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week in the United States on 15 January 1972 and then released in other markets as a feature film.[4][3]
Exteriors were filmed on location at Ascot, Berkshire; Mull, Argyll in Scotland; and Piccadilly in London.[5] Interiors were shot at the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.[6]
Reception
Time Out London wrote "Lots of exotic sets and outlandish secret weapons, just a pity it's all rather old hat Bond stuff. Still, with Denholm Elliott giving sterling support as her sycophantic aide, Davis has a ball with some genuinely monstrous lines."[7]
References
- "Madame Sin (1972)". BFI.
- "Madame Sin (1972) - David Greene, David Green | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
- Karol, Michael (13 November 2008). The Abc Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595616619 – via Google Books.
- Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410 – via Google Books.
- "Madame Sin - Scotland the Movie Location Guide". www.scotlandthemovie.com.
- "Madame Sin". Pinewood Studios.
- "Madame Sin 1972, directed by David Greene | Film review". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2019.