Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Mr. Arkadin
“Discovering the past can be murder...”
Overview
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Director
Orson Welles
Status
Released
Production
Bavaria Film, Sevilla Films, Filmorsa, Cervantes Films, Mercury Productions
Cast
Orson Welles
Gregory Arkadin
Akim Tamiroff
Jakob Zouk
Grégoire Aslan
Bracco
Patricia Medina
Mily
Jack Watling
Marquis of Rutleigh
Mischa Auer
The Professor
Peter van Eyck
Thaddeus
Michael Redgrave
Burgomil Trebitsch
Amparo Rivelles
Frédéric O'Brady
Oscar
Irene López Heredia
Tamara Shayne
Woman in Apartment
Paola Mori
Raina Arkadin
Robert Arden
Guy Van Stratten
Gustavo Re
Police at Naples Port (uncredited)
Manuel Requena
General Martinez
Emilio G. Ruiz
(uncredited)
Jacinto San Emeterio
(uncredited)
Gary Land
(uncredited)
Sergio Orta
(uncredited)
José González Talavera
(uncredited)
Arcadio Ochoa
Mateo Guitart
(uncredited)
Manolita García
Pedro Vidal
(uncredited)
Hermenegildo Igarzábal
Andrés M. Palacios
Antonio Molino Rojo
(uncredited)
G. Castro
Vicente Martín
(uncredited)
Aurelio G. Gordillo
Carmen Rambla
(uncredited)
Gert Fröbe
First Policeman - Munich
Sergio Mendizábal
(uncredited)
Emilio Fornet
Party Guest (uncredited)
Katina Paxinou
Sophie
Suzanne Flon
Baroness Nagel
Terence Longdon
Secretary
Annabel Buffet
Parisian woman with bread
Eduard Linkers
Second Policeman - Munich
Manolita G. Fraile
(uncredited)
Gordon Heath
Pianist (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Mersen
(uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Airport Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
Billie Whitelaw
Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
Angel Díaz Palencia
Antoñita Moreno
Cantante
Video Gallery
Mr Arkadin 1955 Clip
Joe Dante on MR ARKADIN
