The High Bright Sun (1964) ( McGuire, Go Home! ) ( A Date with Death )

The High Bright Sun (1964) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: McGuire, Go Home!
Alternate Title: A Date with Death
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ralph Thomas

Written By:
Ian Stuart Black

Actors:
Dirk Bogarde ..... Maj. McGuire
George Chakiris ..... Haghios
Susan Strasberg ..... Juno Kozani
Denholm Elliott ..... Baker
Grégoire Aslan ..... Gen. Stavros Skyros
Colin Campbell ..... Emile Andros
Joseph Fürst ..... Dr. Andros
Katherine Kath ..... Mrs. Andros
George Pastell ..... Prinos
Paul Stassino ..... Alkis
Nigel Stock ..... Col. Park
Larry Taylor

Synopsis:

This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart. In the late 1950s, the island of Cyprus is under the political control of Great Britain, but groups of Cypriot activists are fighting for the country's independence. Maj. McGuire (Dirk Bogarde) is an English military leader who is on the trail of Haghios (George Chakiris), a terrorist leader who guides the struggle for freedom in Cyprus. Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg) is an American student of archeology who visits friends on the island, only to discover that they're helping to hide Haghios from the police and the British military. McGuire is convinced that Kozani knows Haghios' whereabouts, but while she has told McGuire nothing, Haghios is convinced that Kozani has turned him in and threatens to kill her. Desperate, Kozani seeks protection from McGuire, who allows her to hide out in his apartment. Put into close contact, McGuire and Kozani fall in love, but when his superiors find out that he's been keeping her in hiding, McGuire is transferred to Greece. Kozani follows him there, only to discover that a mysterious man has been following them. The High Bright Sun has also been released under the titles McGuire Go Home! and A Date with Death.

Set in Cyprus in 1957, against the background of Cyprus' determined struggle for independence from British rule, Dirk Bogarde stars as a British Intelligence Officer whose sense of duty imperils the life of the woman he loves. Betty Box produces and Ralph Thomas directs in their ninth collaboration with Bogarde.

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