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The Internecine Project is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ken Hughes released in USA on 24 july 1974 with James Coburn
The Internecine Project (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 july 1974
Length 1h29
Directed by Ken Hughes
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Spy films
Rating61%
The Internecine Project is a 1974 British espionage thriller film written by Mort W. Elkind, Barry Levinson, and Jonathan Lynn, directed by Ken Hughes and starring James Coburn and Lee Grant. Set in London in the early 1970s, it tells the story of former secret agent Robert Elliot who is being promoted to a government advisor. To eliminate any ties to his past, Elliot devises and carries out a clever plan in which his four former associates will unwittingly kill each other on the same night.
Elliot's four associates are:
Christina: A high-class prostitute who has given Elliot information from her clients.
Bert: A masseur who has also given Elliot information from his industrialist clients
Alex Hellman: A civil servant who has fed Elliot government information.
David Baker: A research scientist who appears to have benefited from Elliot's fund in producing a weapon which uses sound to kill.
The intricate plot is broadly summarised as follows: Christina plants David Baker's own device in his home on a timer. When Baker returns, it goes off before he can stop it - apparently looking like an accident. Earlier in the evening, Baker had substituted Alex Hellman's insulin (Hellman being diabetic) with a lethal dose. Hellman, the last to die, has previously savagely murdered Bert with a hammer, this after Bert has strangled Christina in the shower after her return from Baker's home. With Bert, Christina and Baker all dead - Alex returns home in a state (having never murdered anyone before) and takes his lethal substituted medication. He dies slowly.
In the film's final scene, Elliot is leaving the country - having apparently cleared his dirty past clean away by disposing of his associates. Shortly before leaving his house, he has received a package through the mail. The package contains a notebook. The pages of the notebook contain a message written to Elliot from scientist David Baker. The message informs Elliott that Baker had never really trusted him - and that this package was only to be sent to Elliot in the event of Baker's death (which has just happened). The pages of the notebook have been saturated with a poison Baker had been working on. The poison is ingested through the skin. Elliot instructs his driver to take him to the nearest hospital - but he is dead on arrival.
Synopsis
Ancien agent secret, le Pr Elliot tient à assoir son autorité dans le monde de la finance. Mais quatre personnes sont témoins de ses activités douteuses. Il décide alors de toutes les supprimer...Actors
James Coburn
(Robert Elliot)
Lee Grant
(Jean Robertson)
Harry Andrews
(Albert Parsons)
Ian Hendry
(Alex Hellman)
Michael Jayston
(David Baker)
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