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Nobody Runs Forever is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ralph Thomas released in USA on 11 december 1968 with Rod Taylor
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
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Add to a movie listNobody Runs Forever, also called The High Commissioner, is a 1968 film directed by Ralph Thomas based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel The High Commissioner. It stars Rod Taylor as Australian policeman Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer as the Australian High Commissioner in England caught up in corrupt dealings, during delicate negotiations. Taylor's production company was involved in making the film as was the American Selmur Productions.
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New South Wales Police Sergeant Scobie Malone (Taylor) is summoned to Sydney by the Premier of New South Wales (Leo McKern) who at the time was the controversial Sir Robert Askin. The Australian High Commissioner in London, Sir James Quentin (Plummer) is wanted for a 25-year-old murder charge, that the Premier, Quentin's gruff political rival, has discovered.Actors
Rod Taylor
(Scobie Malone)
Christopher Plummer
(Sir James Quentin)
Lilli Palmer
(Sheila Quentin)
Daliah Lavi
(Maria Cholon)
Burt Kwouk
(Pham Chimh)
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