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Constantine Romanoff's finest hour


I've seen this wonderful movie a number of times over the years, and am always impressed with the performance of Constantine Romanoff, one of the great unsung villains of the screen. That extended fight on the ship is a fantastic finale, and Romanoff deserves a good share of the credit. (Along with the monkey, of course.) He's like an evil robot, almost unstoppable and genuinely scary.

There's that bit when Harold thinks the fight is over, and returns for the money -- and Romanoff, who has slipped free of the ropes, appears at the port-hole window, leering like Nosferatu. Yeeeesh, that gets me every time!

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