While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
José Ferrer
- Raoul Farrago
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Lillian Adams
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Carlos Barbe
- Friend of Farrago
- (uncredited)
Orlando Beltran
- Doctor's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
- Servant
- (uncredited)
George Brady
- Student
- (uncredited)
Robert Cabal
- Very Young Man
- (uncredited)
Andy Carillo
- Man at Table
- (uncredited)
Bridget Carr
- Guest
- (uncredited)
Teresa Celli
- Rosa Aldana
- (uncredited)
Carlos Conde
- Man
- (uncredited)
Rita Conde
- Pretty Woman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe South American dictator, Farrago, and his beautiful wife seem clearly modeled on Argentine dictator Gen. Juan Domingo Perón and his wife Eva Perón--something writer-director Richard Brooks conceded in a 1965 interview.
- GoofsThe doctor announces his fee is ten percent of the patient's income, but does not say whether this means monthly, annual or some other period.
- Quotes
Raoul Farrago: At least permit me to thank you. You have done a great service not only to me but to the people of my country.
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson: I only saved your life I didn't vote for you.
Raoul Farrago: Neither did they.
[smiling]
- Crazy creditsPROLOGUE: "The time is now. The scene of the action is fictitious, but the forces at play in this story are not fictitious."
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Secret Publicity - Forbes Taylor Remembers the Making of State Secret (2021)
Featured review
The rarest of Cary Grant films and a solid one.
CRISIS remains perhaps the only film that is completely forgotten when lists of Cary Grant films are offered. Even some of Grant's lesser vehicles are discussed, in depth, but Richard Brooks' CRISIS, which features a really stellar cast is 'lost' in contemporary cinema circles. There is no logical reason for this. Grant gives one of his very rare straight dramatic performances -- and one very very different from the dramatic range in NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART. It is a strong, forthright piece of work. The film deserves rediscovery for any number of reasons -- Grant's work, the first sign of Brooks' major talent... and one of the few (if only) Grant films that deals with modern political issues. I had remembered the film very well from my youth and never saw it listed for TV showings or any retrospectives. Thus, finding a rare DVD copy was wonderful ... and, surprisingly, very rewarding. Here's to someone pulling CRISIS out of obscurity and into a rung on the Cary Grant pantheon.
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- Budget
- $1,616,455 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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