Returning from Lapland, where he buried his father, a renowned scientist, Jerry Cornelius comes back to London with the firm intention of taking revenge on his brother Frank and snatching his beloved sister Catherine from his clutches. Since the recent gigantic global conflagration, things have changed considerably. If he wanted to, Jerry could easily get hold of napalm to blow up Frank's hideout. But he prefers to join forces with the disturbing Mrs Brunner, who, with the help of three scientists, Smiles, Lucas and Powys, is trying to recover a mysterious microfilm left to Frank by his father...
Production
Gloriously tacky futuristic sets that aged like fine cheese
Direction
Fuest's visual wit from Abominable Dr. Phibes, now with sci-fi
Costume
Jerry's impeccable white suits versus apocalyptic squalor
Director
Robert Fuest
Jon Finch
Jerry Cornelius
Jenny Runacre
Miss Brunner
Sterling Hayden
Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
Harry Andrews
John
Hugh Griffith
Professor Hira
Julie Ege
Miss Dazzle
Patrick Magee
Dr. Baxter
Sarah Douglas
Catherine
Sandra Dickinson
Waitress
Graham Crowden
Dr Smiles
George Coulouris
Dr Powys
Derrick O'Connor
Frank
Ronald Lacey
Shades
Sandy Ratcliff
Jenny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius—his 'multiversal' hipster spy who appeared across dozens of stories as a kind of postmodern narrative virus. The film captures maybe 40% of that chaos.
GB
