Der Haftbefehl (1968)
31KDer Haftbefehl: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv. An Australian outback police detective is sent on a special assignment to the UK, to return an Australian citizen accused of murder. Only this is not an ordinary man, he is a UN high commissioner for peace talks taking place in London.
“One canu0026#39;t help but think that at some times the story is a little stretched. A high percentage of Tayloru0026#39;s dialogue is un-needed, which isnu0026#39;t to say he doesnu0026#39;t perform well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTaylor plays an outback police-sergeant sent by the Premier of New South Wales to place an indictment on the Australian Ambassador in London and bring him safely to custody. However, his arrival in London coincides the same time as the ambassador (chris plummer) seems to be making a breakthrough in middle-eastern diplomacy. Taylor is persuaded by Plummber to wait until the summit is completely before talking him back. However, predictably there are certain foreign powers at play who would not want to see the summit reach any peaceful negotiations. And so the ambassadors life is at risk. Of course, Taylor is there to make sure that he is brough safely back to Australia – to stand trial and face the allegations which even he begins to find a bit suspect.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYeah, rent it watch it on tv. Itu0026#39;s enjoyable. Nothing brilliant. The end is particularly reminiscent of Sabotage, when you think of it.”
