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Duffy (film)

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Duffy

Directed by	Robert Parrish
Screenplay by	Donald Cammell Harry Joe Brown Jr.
Story by	Donald Cammell Harry Joe Brown Jr. Pierre de la Salle
Produced by	Martin Manulis
Starring	James Coburn James Mason James Fox Susannah York
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Willy Kemplen Alan Osbiston
Music by	Ernie Freeman
Production company	Martin Manulis Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	6 September 1968 (1968-09-06) (United Kingdom) September 16, 1968 (1968-09-16) (New York City)
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Duffy is a 1968 British-American comedy crime film directed by Robert Parrish and starring James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox and Susannah York.^[1] Originally called "Avec-Avec", French for "with-it", according to 1967 press reports, Columbia Pictures changed the title of the movie, despite the protests of the stars.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Duffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals who is hired by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. The plot succeeds, with a little help from Segolene, Stefane's girlfriend, but also with an unexpected, sudden turn of events.

Cast[edit]

James Coburn as Duffy
James Mason as Charles
James Fox as Stefane
Susannah York as Segolene
John Alderton as Antony Calvert
Guy Deghy as Captain Schoeller
Carl Duering as Bonivet
Tutte Lemkow as Spaniard
Marne Maitland as Abdul
André Maranne as Inspector Garain (credited as Andre Maranne)
Julie Mendez as belly dancer
Barry Shawzin as Bakirgian

Production[edit]

It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on locationinAlmería. The film's sets were designed by the art director Philip Harrison.

Critical response[edit]

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "When hippydom gets the Midas touch from Hollywood finance, it's predictable that the result should be embarrassing, if not downright painful. Instead of developing an interesting plot or giving the characters plausibility, Robert Parrish's film moves jerkily through a succession of set pieces – like the white Mediterranean beach-club where everyone is coloured brown and drinks Cinzanos out of tall glasses, or Duffy's pad filled with pop-art assemblages. The waves of percussive sub-Nashville music merely add to the unfortunate impression of watching an advertisement for an international brand of tipped cigarette. Only James Coburn as Duffy is a cool enough actor to be able to remark "Just do your thing, baby" and get away with it. The rest of the cast – even James Mason as Calvert – succumb to the palpable inanity of the script."^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Duffy". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

^ Coburn Burning Brightly, The Pittsburgh Press, 13 October 1967. At Google Newspapers

^ "Duffy". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 35 (408): 178. 1 January 1968 – via ProQuest.

External links[edit]

DuffyatIMDb
DuffyatAllMovie
Duffy then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets

Films directed by Robert Parrish

Cry Danger (1951)
The Mob (1951)
The San Francisco Story (1952)
Assignment – Paris! (1952)
My Pal Gus (1952)
Rough Shoot (1953)
The Purple Plain (1954)
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Fire Down Below (1957)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
The Wonderful Country (1959)
In the French Style (1963)
Up from the Beach (1965)
The Bobo (1967)
Casino Royale (1967)
Duffy (1968)
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
A Town Called Bastard (1971)
The Marseille Contract (1974)
Mississippi Blues (1983)

v t e Donald Cammell filmography
Films written and directed	Performance (1970) White of the Eye (1987) Wild Side (1995) The Argument (1999)
Films written	Duffy (1967) The Touchables (1968) Tilt (1979) RPM (1998)
Films directed	Demon Seed (1977)
Music videos	"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (1984) "All You Zombies" (1985)

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