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The 3rd Voice
The 3rd Voice
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hubert Cornfield
Written by	Hubert Cornfield
Based on	All the Way; by Charles Williams
Produced by	Hubert Cornfield; Maury Dexter
Starring	Edmond O'Brien; Julie London; Laraine Day
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	John A. Bushelman
Music by	Johnny Mandel
Production; company	Associated Producers Inc.
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 5, 1960 (New York City);
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Spanish

The 3rd Voice (also known as The Third Voice) is a 1960 American neo noir thriller crime drama film directed and written by Hubert Cornfield, who also produced the film with Maury Dexter. It is based on the novel All the Way by Charles Williams and stars Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day (in her final film), and Julie London.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The Man is the accomplice of Marian Forbes, the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim. The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort, where he meets Corey Scott and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor, but things begin to go awry.

Cast

List of the actors in the film:^[3]

Edmond O'Brien – The Man
Laraine Day – Marian Forbes
Julie London – Corey Scott
Edward Colmans – Carreras
Shirley O'Hara – Carreras' Secretary
Ralph Brooks – Harris Chapman
Abel Franco – Police Inspector
George Eldredge – Judge Kendall
Roque Ybarra – 1st Fisherman
Ruben Moreno – 2nd Fisherman
Raoul De Leon – Bank Official
Francisco Ortega – Bank Cashier
John Garrett – Bank Clerk
Henry Delgado – Desk Clerk – Palacio
Andre Oropeza – Desk Clerk – Miramar
Sylvia Ray – Hotel Miramar Cashier
Tom Hernández – Other Desk Clerk
Olga San Juan – Blonde
George Trevino – Captain Camos
Lucille Curtis – Mrs. Kendall
Tom Daly – Tourist at Bar
Mario Armenta – Orchestra Leader
Robert Hernandez – Bellhop
Eddie Le Baron – Carlos
Manuel Serrano – Headwaiter
Francis Ravel – Waiter
Alberto Monte – Photographer

Production

The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert's Associated Producers Incorporated, which produced lower-budget films for 20th Century Fox. Lippert bought the rights to the book and arranged for Hubert Cornfield to adapt and direct. Lippert and Fox president Spyros Skouras increased the budget to a level that co-producer Maury Dexter described as a "nervous A class" of film. The film was shot in and around Los Angeles and Malibu in October 1959.^[4]^[5]

According to Dexter, during filming, Cornfield accused O'Brien of not knowing his lines and O'Brien threatened to punch Cornfield on the last day of filming, though this may not have happened.^[4]

Reception

Dexter claims that the film received positive reviews and "did fairly well at the box office."^[4]

In a contemporary review for the New York Times, critic A. H. Weiler called the film "... taut, complex and eerily fascinating for only about three-quarters of the way. A dénouement that seems telegraphed and contrived and some situations that are overly garrulous and static keep 'The Third Voice' from reaching a high pitch of excitement."^[6]

The Los Angeles Times called the film an "interesting thriller."^[7]

References

^ Blum, Daniel (1961). Daniel Blum's Screen World. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 0-8196-0302-3.
^ "THIRD VOICE, the". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 27. 1960. p. 55. ProQuest 1305821679.
^ IMB: The 3rd Voice
^ ^a ^b ^c Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). pp. 96–97.
^ Scheuer, P. K. (Oct 26, 1959). "Lippert hails era of $300,000 hits". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167507684.
^ Weiler, A. H. (1960-03-07). "Screen: Intricate Murder in Mexico". The New York Times. p. 24.
^ Warren, G. (Jan 28, 1960). "'The third voice' interesting thriller". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167585733.