The High Commissioner

IMDb link: 0063067
IMDb rating: 6.1 (1,006 votes)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Rod Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv and others

Release date: 30 Aug 1968
Release year: 1968
Runtime: 101 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Keywords: conspiracy, phone booth, stabbed in stomach, clock bomb, explosion, sheep station, sydney harbour bridge, corrupt politician, dressmaker, treacherous friend

Plot:

Rod Taylor plays a policeman sent to return a sensitive case; An Australian citizen, currently acting as high commissioner for peace talks who is wanted for an old charge -- of murder. The talks are too sensitive to be disturbed, so Taylor ends up watching Christopher Plummer as he conducts his talks, and discovers that some want the talks to fail enough to think that killing Plummer is an obvious way to stop them.

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