Mr. Arkadin AKA Confidential Report | |
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Directed by | Orson Welles |
Screenplay by | Orson Welles |
Based on | original radio scripts by Ernest Bornemann and Orson Welles from The Lives of Harry Lime originally produced by Harry Alan Towers (uncredited) |
Produced by | Louis Dolivet Orson Welles |
Starring | Orson Welles Robert Arden Paola Mori Michael Redgrave Patricia Medina Akim Tamiroff Mischa Auer |
Cinematography | Jean Bourgoin |
Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
Music by | Paul Misraki |
Distributed by | Filmorsa/Cervantes Films/Sevilla (Spain), Warner Bros. (USA) |
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Running time | 99 minutes ("Corinth" version) 93 minutes (Spanish version) 95 minutes (US version) 98 minutes (Confidential Report) 106 minutes (2006 edit) |
Countries | France Spain Switzerland |
Languages | English Spanish |
Box office | 517,788 admissions (France)[1] |
Mr. Arkadin (first released in Spain, 1955), known in Britain as Confidential Report, is a French-Spanish-Swiss co-production film noir, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. Filming took place throughout Europe in 1954, and scenes shot outside Spain include locations in London, Munich, Paris, the French Riviera, and at the Château de Chillon in Switzerland.