''Victim Five'', also known as ''Code 7, Victim 5!'', originally filmed as ''Table Bay'', is a 1964 British crime film produced by

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and US television producer Arthur "Skip" Steloff that was shot in Cape Town in Technicolor and

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. It was directed by Robert Lynn and starred

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, Ronald Fraser,

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, and

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Premise

New York City private detective Steve Martin is hired for protection by Wexler, a wealthy German living in

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. After Wexler's butler is murdered and an assassination attempt is made on Martin and Wexler's secretary Helga, Martin discovers a photograph of four people including Wexler and his butler that indicates that all those in the photograph are marked for death and there will be five victims.

Cast

Reception

The ''New York Times'' praised "fine views of Cape Town" but thought the film was not "necessary". The MFB said it was "efficiently worked out" and praised the "large variety of South African locations."VICTIM FIVE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (Jan 1, 1965): 60.

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