To Grab the Ring
Summary
Driven by his own restlessness and pursued by the henchmen of an underworld figure, American Alfred Lowell journeys through Europe and becomes entangled with women and gangsters in London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. When, finally, he seems to have found peace of mind with a former Paris girlfriend and plans to build a happy future with her in Greece, he is trapped by his pursuers in the train to Athens. He despairs: will he ever be able to escape his past?
The film by Nikolai van der Heyde stars Ben Carruthers, star of John Cassavetes' Shadows.
Information
original title
To Grab the Ring
alternative title
Enkele reis voor Alfred
How to Grab the Ring
Why Run Fast If You Don't Move at All
production year
1968
censorship date
01-06-1968
first screening
14-03-1968
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fiction
genre
applicant inspection
director
original distributor
producer
production company
Images
Cast
Actor
- Alfred Lowell
- Sandra van Dijk's manager
- Helène
- Sandra van Dijk
- Mr. White
- Girl in London
- Schmitt
- Mr. Smith
- Secretary of mr. Smith
- David Knight
- Schmitt's girlfriend in Berlin
Crew
- Sound editor
- Production coordination
- Production coordination
- Production manager
- Production manager
- Production manager
- Sound
- Sound
- Special effects
- Special effects
- Make-up
- Editing
- Assistant camera
- Assistant camera
- Assistant camera
- Script advice
- Still photographer
- Production assistant
- Production assistant
- Director of photography
- Director
- Producer
Technical notations
runtime
98
original length
2722
censorship length
2722
sound
Sound
colour
Black and white
format
35mm
Resources
Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief K353)