Themes: Redemption, Miscarriage of Justice, Haunted By the Past
Main Cast: James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin, Paul Bertoya, Ian Ogilvy
Release Year: 1967
Country: UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Cop-Out is a distressingly "mod" remake of the 1941 French film Strangers in the House. Taking over the role originally played by Raimu, James Mason stars as a retired, scotch-swilling attorney residing in France. Mason disapproves of his daughter's (Geraldine Chaplin) new boy friend (Bobby Darin), but rises to the young man's defense in court when the boy is arrested on a suspicious murder charge. The casting of Chaplin and Darin was meant to "reach" the youth market, but both are way too old for their characters. Cop-Out would have worked better (especially with audiences of the 1990s) without its trendy camerawork and wearisome generation-gap propaganda. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Bryan Stanton; Pippa Steel - Sue Phillips; James Hayter - Harley Hawkins; Megs Jenkins - Mrs. Christophorides; Lisa Daniely - Diana; Yootha Joyce - Girl at Shooting Range; Ivor Dean - Inspector Colder; Lucy Griffiths - Library Cleaner; Marjorie Lawrence - Brenda; Moira Lister - Mrs. Flower; Melinda May - Librarian; Clive Morton - Col. Flower; Julian Orchard - Policeman; Toni Palmer - Doorwoman; Rita Webb - Mrs. Plaskett; Sheila White - Hazel; Tom Kempinski - Shop Assistant; Michael Standing - Fashion Photographer
Credit
Tony Woollard - Art Director, Felix Evans - Costume Designer, Pierre Rouve - Director, Ernest Walter - Editor, John Scott - Composer (Music Score), Scott Vic Briggs - Songwriter, Ken Higgins - Cinematographer, Dimitri de Grunwald - Producer, Pierre Rouve - Screenwriter, Georges Simenon - Short Story Author
