Madame Sin

Madame Sin
Directed by	David Greene
Produced by	Lew Grade; Lou Morheim; Robert Wagner; Julian Wintle
Written by	David Greene; Barry Oringer
Starring	Bette Davis; Robert Wagner
Music by	Michael Gibbs
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Release date	15 January 1972 (US)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Madame Sin is a 1972 British thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott and Gordon Jackson.[1] The screenplay was written by Greene and Barry Oringer.[1][2]

Plot summary

The title character is a vicious villainess who commands a Thought Factory in the Scottish Highlands. Intent on achieving world domination, she kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence and forces him to help her hijack a secret nuclear weapon, the Polaris submarine.

Cast

Bette Davis as Madame Sin
Robert Wagner as Anthony Lawrence
Denholm Elliott as Malcolm De Vere
Gordon Jackson as Commander Cavendish
Dudley Sutton as Monk
Catherine Schell as Barbara
Pik-Sen Lim as Nikko
Paul Maxwell as Connors
David Healy as Braden
Alan Dobie as White

Production

The film was originally a pilot for a weekly ABC series that failed to make the network's schedule.[3] It was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week in the United States on 15 January 1972 and then released in other markets as a feature film.[4][3]

Exteriors were filmed on location at Ascot, Berkshire; Mull, Argyll in Scotland; and Piccadilly in London.[5] Interiors were shot at the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.[6]

Reception

Time Out London said, "Lots of exotic sets and outlandish secret weapons, just a pity it's all rather old hat Bond stuff. Still, with Denholm Elliott giving sterling support as her sycophantic aide, Davis has a ball with some genuinely monstrous lines."[7]

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gollark: You may notice the button on the left.

gollark: The issue is that that being popped up and looking like that looks bad.

gollark: Yes, I have that.

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References

"Madame Sin (1972)". BFI.
"Madame Sin (1972) - David Greene, David Green | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
Karol, Michael (13 November 2008). "The Abc Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series". iUniverse – via Google Books.
Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed". McFarland – via Google Books.
"Madame Sin - Scotland the Movie Location Guide". www.scotlandthemovie.com.
"Madame Sin". Pinewood Studios.
"Madame Sin 1972, directed by David Greene | Film review". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links

Madame Sin on IMDb

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[bfi-1] "Madame Sin (1972)". BFI.

[2] "Madame Sin (1972) - David Greene, David Green | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.

[abc-3] Karol, Michael (13 November 2008). "The Abc Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series". iUniverse – via Google Books.

[4] Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed". McFarland – via Google Books.

[5] "Madame Sin - Scotland the Movie Location Guide". www.scotlandthemovie.com.

[6] "Madame Sin". Pinewood Studios.

[7] "Madame Sin 1972, directed by David Greene | Film review". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2019.