Anton Diffring
14 titles
Filmography
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
(1959)In 1890 Paris, a 104-year-old artist and scientist stays young by stealing the glands of the living. As suspicions arise, he takes desperate measures.

Circus of Horrors
(1960)A disgraced British plastic surgeon flees to France where he buys a circus and turns its post-op female stars into prisoners who must perform or die.
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
(1971)One of several 'animal-in-the-title' cash-ins released in the wake of Dario Argento's box-office smash The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire is a gloriously excessive giallo that boasts a rogues gallery of perverse characters; violent, fetishized murders, and one of the genre's most nonsensical, red-herring laden plots (which sees almost every incidental character hinted at potentially being the killer). Set in Dublin (a rather surprising giallo setting), Iguana opens audaciously with an acid-throwing, razor-wielding maniac brutally slaying a woman in her own home. The victim's mangled corpse is discovered in a limousine owned by Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky (Anton Diffring, Where Eagles Dare) and a police investigation is launched, but when the murdering continues and the ambassador claims diplomatic immunity, tough ex-cop John Norton (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) is brought in to find the killer... Benefitting from a sumptuous score by Stelvio Cipriani (Nightmare City, Death Walks on High Heels) and exuberant supporting performances from Valentina Cortese (The Possessed, Thieves' Highway) and Dagmar Lassander (The Frightened Woman, The Black Cat), The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire is a luridly over-the-top latter-day entry in the filmography of acclaimed director Riccardo Freda (Caltiki - The Immortal Monster, Murder Obsession).

Lady of Vengeance
(1957)When his pretty, young ward throws herself in front of a London-bound train, arrogant international publishing magnate William T. Marshall sets out to discover exactly what -- or who -- drove the young woman to commit such a brash act.

Albert R.N.
(1953)Lewis Gilbert directs this British war drama starring Anthony Steel. In 1944, a group of prisoners in camp Marlag 'O' believe they have an informer among them after a series of failed escape attempts. Former artist Lieutenant Geoffrey Ainsworth devises a plan to create a dummy, which they christen Albert, to cover an escapee's absence and fool the German guards at roll call.
The Double Man
(1967)Complex thriller, with Yul Brynner as a CIA agent investigating his son's death in the Austrian Alps. Filmed on location. Gina: Britt Ekland. Wheatly: Clive Revill. Berthold: Anton Diffring. Mrs. Carrington: Moira Lister. Edwards: Lloyd Nolan. Gregori: Brandon Brady. Directed by Franklin Schaffner.

The Beast Must Die
(1974)When a rich and adept hunter invites six people to an island estate for the weekend, his wife and guests learn that one of them is a killer werewolf.

The Blue Max
(1966)A lowborn World War I German ace covets a medal of honor and his highborn commander's wife.

Operation: Daybreak
(1975)Czechoslovakia, 1942. During the cruelest period of the Nazi's World War II occupation--with the allies suffering defeat after defeat--three brave Czech patriots risk everything to go behind enemy lines and rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, a mission known as Operation Daybreak.

The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)In German-occupied Norway in 1942, a resistance group attempts to sabotage the Nazi's production of essential atomic bomb components.

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Boris Karloff plays the titular Colonel, who’s always off solving a new challenging case, which often veers into the otherworldly.

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
(1973)International sex symbol Jane Birkin stars as Corringa, a beautiful young girl who returns from a convent school to her family's ancestral castle. But within these walls seethes unspeakable evil, including religious fervor, depraved desires, and sudden, sadistic murder. Now, someone with a taste for terror is slaughtering the castles demented guests.

Operation Diplomat
(1953)A diplomat’s disappearance becomes the link between a kidnapped surgeon forced to operate and the investigation of the doctor’s murdered assistant.

The Swiss Conspiracy
(1976)The president of a Swiss bank hires an American investigator to ferret out a group of blackmailers that have been terrorizing his clients.