| A Touch of the Sun | |
|---|---|
.png) Home video cover | |
| Directed by | Peter Curran |
| Written by | Peter Curran George Fowler |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Curran Oliver I. Irwin |
| Starring | Oliver Reed Sylvaine Charlet Peter Cushing Keenan Wynn |
| Cinematography | David Mason |
| Edited by | Peter Curran |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Touch of the Sun, also known as No Secrets!, is a 1979 British-American comedy film directed by Peter Curran and starring Oliver Reed, Sylvaine Charlet, Peter Cushing and Wilfrid Hyde-White.
Plot
An American space capsule has crashed into an African dictatorship, whose ruler refuses to return it unless he is paid a large ransom. In response the Americans send in a secret agent to recover it.
Cast
- Oliver Reed as Captain Daniel Nelson
- Sylvaine Charlet as Natasha
- Peter Cushing as Commissioner Potts
- Keenan Wynn as General Spellman
- Edwin Manda as Emperor Sumumba
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as M-1
- Hilary Pritchard as Miss Funnypenny
- Bruce Boa as Jim Coburn
- A.M. Phiri as Chief Zawie
- Melvyn Hayes as Ginger Rogers
- Mike Cross as Fred Astaire
- Fred Carter as President P. Nuts
- Benjamin Shawa as Emperor's aide
- Friday Nyamba as Emperor's aide
- Jim Kenny as US operator
Critical reception
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "This would-be comedy stars Oliver Reed as a bumbling Us Army officer and Peter Cushing as a British commissioner who attempt to recover an American spaceship that's being held for ransom by an African emperor. The humour is so strained as to be sieved of all fun."
References
- "A Touch of the Sun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 952. ISBN 9780992936440.