Geronimo1967
Philip Dunne has assembled quite a decent cast for this post-war thriller. "Lisa" (Dolores Hart) wants to get to Palestine - then under the British Mandate - and so enlists the help of a Dutch police officer "Jongman" (Stephen Boyd) who helps her navigate the tricky journey. The travelogue narrative is fairly straightforward, peppered with strong contributions from an on-form Leo McKern as barge captain "Brandt"; Hugh Griffith, Donald Pleasance and Marius Goring (though not, perhaps, Harry Andrews so much as the oddly cast "Ayoob"). Boyd is much better than usual too; his part has more for him to get his teeth into as his character starts to really care for his troubled companion. The film, though, really belongs to Hart. She encapsulates w...