
When US radar installations in Greece are jammed and an undercover NATO security man is killed, suspicion falls on his widow, who sets out to find the real culprits and prove herself innocent.... (Full plot summary below)
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When US radar installations in Greece are jammed and an undercover NATO security man is killed, suspicion falls on his widow, who sets out to find the real culprits and prove herself innocent.
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| User ReviewStephen CMaster Director Claude Chabrol is at his most playful here with elements of Hitchcock and Stanley Dones 60s thrillers thrown into a Greek mix which makes the film thrilling and by turns funny. The director even appers in a viatl and of course funny cameo part. The plot is fairly straightforward With Jean Seberg becoming involved in her dead husbands spying for the French. What makes the film fun ,is the set pieces and the characters which include a White suited straw boater wearing killer ,A Turkish Delight selling secret agent and a large lady as a hit woman. Add to that a marblehead full of electric gizmos and a Pre credit sequence involving a magician and a car full of rabbits and doves and you have one the directors more fun works. |
| User ReviewSimon TRoad to Corinth (1967) Far from stellar Chabrol, this is basically a farce, a half-mocking comedy that looks well but messes with Zorba, Bond and Hitchcock (surprise). The aerial shots mock the idea of scenery - a taunting affront to tourism, the Greek tourist board, the desire of the viewer to be transported elsewhere. The yarn is stodge and silly, TV spy serial material at best. But Seberg is an alluring parody of table-turning plaything. Corinthe seems to try cross-reference itself out of existence while not being sure why or indeed to what it is referring. Nothing here for the emotions or mind. Not a patch on La Rapture or Que Cet Homme Meure. Watch to relax. |
| User ReviewStephen MYour enjoyment of this movie is likely to be proportional to your affection (or otherwise) for the likes of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "The Avengers", Dean Martin's 'Matt Helm' movies, Ken Russell's "Billion Dollar Brain", the original "Casino Royale", etc, etc. The presence of Jean Seberg is certainly a bonus. Try to imagine a French version of "The Avengers", set in Greece, and you'll have a good idea of what's in store here. The paper-thin plot isn't really worth going into, but the location photography is nice and some of Chabrol's compositions are geometrically interesting. Like other products of its time, for example "The Avengers" and "The Prisoner", "The Road to Corinth" is often funny-peculiar rather than funny-haha. One particular scene, in which Seberg, toying with the idea of prostituting herself to raise $1000, is shown a pornographic film by a man in a limousine, reminded me of the Richard Lester of "Help!", for some reason. Seberg's 'Perils of Pauline-like' brushes with death are great fun. One for the Seberg or Chabrol completist, or for connoisseurs of campy Sixties entertainment. |