Paper Tiger
They saw him as a hero....but could he live up to it?
Overview
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
- Production
- MacLean and Company, Euan Lloyd Productions, Joseph E. Levine Productions, Filmways Australasian Distributors
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Cast
David Niven
'Major' Walter Bradbury
Toshirō Mifune
Ambassador Kagoyama
Hardy Krüger
Müller
Irene Tsu
Talah
Ivan Desny
Foreign Minister
Miiko Taka
Mme. Kagoyama
Jeff Corey
Mr. King
Patricia Donahue
Mrs. King
Rainer Penkert
Army Colonel
Noor Kumalasari
Ruby
Salleh Ben Joned
Sokono(Kulagong police chief)
Mustapha Maarof
Marco
David de Keyser
Ambassador Kagoyama (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Ken Annakin
- Writers
- Jack Davies
- Producers
- Euan Lloyd
- Cinematography
- John Cabrera
- Composer
- Roy Budd
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CinemaSerf
November 19, 2024
David Niven is the epitome of the retired English soldier "Major Bradbury" in this gently comedic thriller. He is hired to tutor the young son of the Japanese Ambassador (Toshirô Mifune) to another, somewhat less democratic nation. When he and the young boy "Koichi" (Ando) are kidnapped and held to ransom by some local freedom fighters, it soon transpires that "Maj. Bradbury" may have been exaggerating his credentials somewhat and Mifune starts to seriously worry for the fate of his child. Lucki…