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'''''Hammerhead''''' is a British [[thriller film]] directed by [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]] and starring [[Vince Edwards]], [[Judy Geeson]] and [[Diana Dors]].<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35649</ref> Its plot concerns a criminal mastermind who attempts to steal [[NATO]] secrets, with an American agent hot on his trail. It is based on the novel by [[James Mayo]], and produced by [[Irwin Allen]] and written by [[Herbert Baker (screenwriter)|Herbert Baker]] who made the [[Matt Helm]] films for [[Columbia Pictures]]. It was filmed in London and Portugal.
'''''Hammerhead''''' (1968) is a British [[thriller film]] directed by [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]] and starring [[Vince Edwards]], [[Judy Geeson]] and [[Diana Dors]].<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35649</ref> Its plot concerns a criminal mastermind who attempts to steal [[NATO]] secrets, with an American agent hot on his trail. It is based on the novel by [[James Mayo]], directed by [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]], produced by [[Irving Allen]] and written by [[Herbert Baker (screenwriter)|Herbert Baker]] who made the [[Matt Helm]] films for [[Columbia Pictures]]. It was filmed in London and Portugal.


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Revision as of 00:46, 28 April 2013

Hammerhead
Original film poster
Directed byDavid Miller
Written byJames Mayo (novel)
John Briley (adaptation)
Herbert Baker
William Bast (screenplay)
Produced byIrving Allen
StarringVince Edwards
Judy Geeson
Peter Vaughan
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Kenneth Talbot
Music byDavid Whitaker
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
1968
Running time
99 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Hammerhead (1968) is a British thriller film directed by David Miller and starring Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson and Diana Dors.[1] Its plot concerns a criminal mastermind who attempts to steal NATO secrets, with an American agent hot on his trail. It is based on the novel by James Mayo, directed by David Miller, produced by Irving Allen and written by Herbert Baker who made the Matt Helm films for Columbia Pictures. It was filmed in London and Portugal.

Plot

British intelligence asks a soldier of fortune, Charles Hood, to go to Portugal and help stop an international criminal mastermind called Hammerhead who plans to steal a secret report on nuclear defense.

Hood manages to board the yacht owned by Hammerhead, a collector of valuable erotic art. He is distracted along the way by model Sue Trenton plus a pair of Hammerhead's mistresses, Ivory and Kit.

Hammerhead intends to kidnap Britain's NATO delegate, Sir Richard Calvert, and replace him with a lookalike, Andreas, a master of disguise. He finds out Hood's identity and traps him and Sue inside a coffin, but they manage to escape. Kit and Andreas both are killed, while Ivory does away with Hammerhead personally, using a harpoon.

Cast

Production

The production of the film was delayed because Columbia contract star Vince Edwards suffered a bone fracture during the filming in Portugal in 1967.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35649
  2. ^ The Film Daily: Volume 131 1967

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