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Mr. Arkadin

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Suspense/Thriller, Drama
Release Date:October 2, 1962
Running time:98 minutes
Cast:Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan, Patricia Medina, Jack Watling, Orson Welles
Director:Orson Welles
Producer:Louis Dolivet, Orson Welles
Writer:Orson Welles
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures

Description: A dying man's final words send two people to Gregory Arkadin, a mysterious and much-feared billionaire who lives in a Xanadu-like castle. Guy Van Stratten, an adventurer and fortune hunter, is interested in Arkadin's money -- and his daughter, Raina. Arkadin, overprotective of his daughter, has his "secretaries" prepare a damaging dossier on Van Stratten -- entitled "Confidential Report." But, Arkadin then makes a deal with Van Stratten -- he will pay the young man for preparing a similar file on him, for Mr. Arkadin says he remembers nothing about his past and does not know where he came from. Even his name is a mystery. Van Stratten's search for the truth about Arkadin's past takes him throughout Europe and to Mexico and features encounters with a variety of fabulously colorful characters.

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