''Rebus'' or ''Appointment in Beirut'' is a 1969

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Nino Zanchin and starring

Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to Union of South Africa, South Africa at an early age, before ...

and Ann-Margret. An international co-production, it was largely filmed in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

, the UK,

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, and

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Cast

as Jeff Miller * Ann-Margret as Laura * Andrea Bosic * José Calvo as Benson * Luis Dávila * Alberto de Mendoza *

Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; , 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French actor of Russian Chinese origin. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 year ...

as Guinness * Lisa Halvorsen * Jan Hendriks * Camilla Horn as Evelyn Brown * Luis Morris * Milo Quesada *Marcus Smith as Croupier

Production

It was one of several films Ann-Margret made away from Hollywood around this time.

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* 1969 films 1960s Argentine films 1960s German films 1960s Italian films 1960s Spanish films 1960s English-language films 1960s crime thriller films Argentine crime thriller films German crime thriller films Italian crime thriller films Spanish crime thriller films Argentine films about gambling German films about gambling Italian films about gambling Spanish films about gambling West German films English-language Argentine films English-language German films English-language Italian films English-language Spanish films English-language crime thriller films Films about roulette Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi Films scored by Luis Bacalov Films set in casinos Films set in Lebanon Films set in London Films shot in Lebanon Films shot in Venezuela Films shot in the United Kingdom {{crime-thriller-film-stub