Watch: Innocent Bystanders 1972 123movies, Full Movie Online – Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well..
Plot: Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
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Stanley Baker’s Bond
Iron-jawed British actor Stanley Baker was “considered” for James Bond… ironically he resembles Sean Connery and starred in HELL DRIVERS that a young Connery began in…Skip over a decade later, after a now-legendary Connery left the role, Baker starred in a movie so Bondish that, by hearing the flauntingly jazzy, repetitive score, you’d think INNOCENT BYSTANDERS was yet another 007 entry…
Including power-hungry villains, led by the most famous of Bond foes, Donald Pleasence, danging a carrot to lesser corporate heavy Dana Andrews…
The first who Baker’s agent/assassin John Craig works for, sent on what’s basically a suicide mission to retrieve a Jewish scientist, making the action-packed scenes where he’s in the dark the best…
And ITALIAN JOB director Peter Collinson wields enough signature 1970’s zooms to put a dozen Kung Fu flicks to shame… BYSTANDERS even includes a few karate fights between “Craig” and scene-stealing mercenary couple Darren Nesbitt and Sue Lloyd, who call him “old man” and needed more overall screen-time…
Instead, the INNOCENT character in Geraldine Chaplin’s mousy ingenue, conveniently kidnapped and along for the ride, from England to Turkey, slows both the pace and Baker’s no-nonsense tough guy, who ultimately becomes so pitifully vulnerable, anyone expecting daring-do adventure from a daring-do adventurer will soon tire of the poor guy getting captured, and recaptured.
A pretty good spy movie
This one came in kind of late in that period of all the 007-imitation movies. Some of them were terrible, like “Operation Kid Brother” (which starred Sean Connery’s brother Neil!). And some were pretty good, like “Innocent Bystanders”. It is well-directed and its cinematography is excellent. Its rapid editing is really neat at first, but it gets kind of annoying after a while. Baker is excellent as a cold-blooded agent who has been double-crossed by his own people. I was amused by the constant bickering of Baker’s two rival agents. “Innocent Bystanders” also has a couple alumni from the 007 movies: Donald Pleasence from “You Only Live Twice” (the original Dr. Evil!) and Vladek Sheybal from “From Russia With Love”. If you in the mood for a dark spy adventure, “Innocent Bystanders” is for you.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 51 min (111 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime
Director Peter Collinson
Writer James Mitchell
Actors Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin, Donald Pleasence
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1
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Laboratory Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm