Crossplot (1969)

An advertising executive (Roger Moore) by day is a playboy by night. But when a beautiful model (Claudie Lange) he's recently hired is almost murdered and he's framed for killing an associate (Dudley Sutton), he's on the run. Directed by Alvin Rakoff (SAY HELLO TO YESTERDAY). This attempt at a romantic thriller with humor seems inspired by Hitchcock movies like THE 39 STEPS and NORTH BY NORTHWEST but to say it doesn't come close to those movies is an understatement. The movie is full of plot holes and the action sequences are routine and contrived. A mystery romp like this needs charismatic leads like a Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn but we're saddled with a limp performance by Roger Moore and the lovely Claudie Lange, who seems to be struggling with the English language (she's Belgian). It's quite watchable but that doesn't mean that it's any good but the swinging London vibe of the 1960s that permeates the film gives it a nostalgic glow. With Martha Hyer, Bernard Lee and Alexis Kanner.