Death Trip (1967 film)
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Screenplay by | Rudolf Zehetgruber |
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Cinematography | Angelo Lotti |
Edited by | Edmondo Lozzi |
Music by | Francesco de Masi |
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Language | German |
Kommissar X Drei grüne Hunde, Italian: Strategic command chiama Jo Walker, also known as Death Trip and Kill Me Gently is a 1967 West German-Italian-French-Lebanese-Hungarian international co-production Eurospy film written, co-produced and co-directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Gianfranco Parolini. Filmed in Turkey, it stars Tony Kendall and Brad Harris. It is the fourth of seven films, loosely based on the Kommissar X detective novel series from the Pabel Moewig publishing house.[1] The film also features Dietmar Schonherr, director/screenwriter Rudolf Zehetgruber and Harris' wife of the time Olly Schoberova.
Plot
New York Police Department Captain Rowland travels to Istanbul to bring a shipment of LSD to be used by the American armed forces stationed in Turkey for undisclosed purposes. When the shipment is stolen by a local and ancient criminal organisation known as "the Green Hounds", Rowland teams up with private eye Joe Walker to recover the shipment.
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Theme song in opening credits
"Angela Monti sings the Joe Walker's theme by Bobby Gutesha"
References
- ^ Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.
External links
- Death Trip at IMDb
- 1967 films
- 1960s action films
- Italian action films
- German action films
- Italian films
- West German films
- Italian-language films
- Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini
- Films directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber
- Films shot in Istanbul
- Films about drugs
- Films set in Istanbul
- Films based on German novels
- Films scored by Francesco De Masi
- 1960s spy thriller films
- 1960s buddy films
- 1960s German film stubs
- 1960s Italian film stubs