Product Details

• Actors: Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson
• Directors: Joseph Pevney
• Writers: Barbara Gray, Richard Alan Simmons, Seton I. Miller
• Producers: Albert J. Cohen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 26, 1996
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303964834
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,232 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite Errol Flynn Adventures, December 4, 2007

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Istanbul [VHS] (VHS Tape)

1957's ISTANBUL came late in Errol Flynn's career and perhaps that's why I like it. It combines Errol Flynn's tried and true histrionics now tempered with a world-weary demeanor with new cinematic filmmaking of the 1950s including Cinemascope under Joseph Pevney's taught direction and William Daniels evocatively suspenseful cinematography. I truly enjoy the more relaxed pace of this film of mystery and foreign intrigue. Unfortunately this is yet another film that failed to launch the career of Cornell Borchers (NEVER SAY GOODBYE with Rock Hudson).

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very pleasant 85 minute break..., May 10, 2009

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B. N. County "BNOC" (Tustin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Istanbul [VHS] (VHS Tape)

...with shockingly old Errol Flynn, shockingly cheek-boned Cornell Borchers and shockingly young Nat "King" Cole. Bought this on a whim at a yard sale and the wife and I watched it this morning over breakfast.

This 1996 re-issue of the original 1956 remake of the 1947 original "Singapore" version is nice but actually nothing terribly special (man gets girl and diamonds, man loses girl and hides diamonds, man finds girl and diamonds, man gets girl and loses diamonds) except for the outstanding rendition by Cole of "When I Fall In Love."

But it was a pleasant 85 minutes and a blast from the past. And that song will be going through my head all day.

It's a keeper.

5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even a hint of the old Flynn charm in this dud, June 8, 2000

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M. S Swanson (Elkhart, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Istanbul [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really felt sorry for Errol watching this movie. He looks so uncomfortable and doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands. Count how many times a double is used for Flynn in even the most routine shots-like walking into a building. They hired a unit to shoot some location stuff but didn't bother to send the cast. I'm starting to yawn just thinking about this deadly dull waste of time. Nat King Cole is great for 5 minutes in Technicolor but the rest of the picture stinks.