The House of the Seven Hawks | |
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Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Screenplay by | Jo Eisinger |
Based on |
The House of the Seven Flies 1952 novel by Victor Canning |
Produced by | David Rose |
Starring |
Robert Taylor Nicole Maurey Linda Christian |
Cinematography | Ted Scaife |
Edited by | Ernest Walter |
Music by | Clifton Parker |
Production company | Coronado Productions |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $535,000 [1] |
Box office | $1,065,000 [1] |
The House of the Seven Hawks is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. [2] It was the final film by Robert Taylor under his twenty five-year contract with MGM. [3] The film follows an American captain searching for sunken treasure who becomes entangled with criminals and is arrested by the Dutch police. It is based on the Victor Canning novel The House of the Seven Flies, published in 1952. [4]
Story of an American skipper who becomes entangled with the Dutch police and international crooks over sunken treasure but survives and finds romance.
In a contemporary review, The New York Times called the film "an unpretentious but satisfying entertainment"; [5] whereas more recently, the Radio Times called it a "bland B-movie." [6]
According to MGM records, the film earned $415,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $650,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $20,000. [1]