Anthony Veiller's screenplay, based on a story by Philip MacDonald, is a kind of straight-laced version of Kind Hearts and Coronets. It is the story of a retired British Intelligence officer's efforts ...

Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky, the matter becomes more serious. As his friend checks into the list, each seems ...

The List of Adrian Messenger was a provocative 1963 B&W film produced by John Huston and starred George C. Scott and a host of other stars (most of whom appeared in disguise). Part of the fun, of ...

The List of Adrian Messenger. After checking an ominous 72-lb. suitcase onto a transatlantic airliner, the kindly old vicar toddles into the men’s room at London Airport. But instead of washing his ...

THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, by Philip MacDonald (224 pp.; Crime Club; $3.50), opens with a worried author asking a Scotland Yard acquaintance to check the whereabouts of ten men—and refusing, ...

Ogunquit Performing Arts continues the 15th season of the Classic Film Series with the showing of John Huston’s 1963 crime mystery, “The List of Adrian Messenger,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. John Huston’s The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) is a thoroughly enjoyable murder mystery in the classic style. The film features ...

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason ...