Hotel Reserve 1944
Hotel Reserve
A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
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Full Cast & Crew... Peter Vadassy
... Mme Suzanne Koch
... Robert Duclos
... Michel Beghin, intelligence chief
... Andre Roux
... Walter Vogel
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See All 1 Reviews28 Mar 2022 by CinemaSerf
James Mason is having an holiday in an hotel in France just before the outset of WWII. When he goes to collect some developed photographs he has taken, he is detained by the police who accuse him of illegally photographing sites around Toulon that might be of interest to the enemies of the Republic. It's pretty clear that the investigating officer believes his claims of innocence, but he is still sent back to keep tabs on the other guests at the hotel or face prison, deportation and quite possibly the Gestapo. The hotel has no shortage of likely suspects - Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom to name but three, and he must try to find the would-be traitor without getting trapped in the web of intrigue that is clearly being spun around him. Mason engages us well, as does Lom and Frederick Valk and it's a bit like a game of Cluedo - there are plenty of clues and potential perpetrators and in the main, the story sustains quite decent degree of suspense before the villain is exposed and we are, sadly, delivered of a pretty flat conclusion. Still worth watching, though.
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Release Date:
Jun 01, 1944 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 29`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Hotel Reserve
James Mason is having an holiday in an hotel in France just before the outset of WWII. When he goes to collect some developed photographs he has taken, he is detained by the police who accuse him of illegally photographing sites around Toulon that might be of interest to the enemies of the Republic. It's pretty clear that the investigating officer believes his claims of innocence, but he is still sent back to keep tabs on the other guests at the hotel or face prison, deportation and quite possibly the Gestapo. The hotel has no shortage of likely suspects - Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom to name but three, and he must try to find the would-be traitor without getting trapped in the web of intrigue that is clearly being spun around him. Mason engages us well, as does Lom and Frederick Valk and it's a bit like a game of Cluedo - there are plenty of clues and potential perpetrators and in the main, the story sustains quite decent degree of suspense before the villain is exposed and we are, sadly, delivered of a pretty flat conclusion. Still worth watching, though.
Cast & Crew of
Hotel Reserve
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Director
... Second Assistant Director
Cast
... Peter Vadassy
... Mme Suzanne Koch
... Robert Duclos
... Michel Beghin, intelligence chief
... Andre Roux
... Walter Vogel
... Mary Skelton
... Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger
... Odette Roux
AS
Anthony Shaw... Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley
... Police Commissioner
DW
David Ward... Henri Asticot
... Warren Skelton
JA
Joseph Almas... Albert, the Waiter
... Woman
HK
Hella Kürty... Hilda Vogel
... P. Molon, chemist
EU
Ernst Ulman... Detective in Black Suit
JB
John Baker... Policeman
MJ
Mike Johnson... Old Man