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Death Trip (1967 film)

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Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde
Directed by
Screenplay byRudolf Zehetgruber
Produced by
  • Theo Maria Werner
  • Herb Bromberg
  • Rudolf Zehetgruber
Starring
CinematographyAngelo Lotti
Edited byEdmondo Lozzi
Music byFrancesco de Masi
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
LanguagesItalian
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' then wife Olly Schoberova.

Plot

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New York Police Department Captain Rowland travels to Istanbul to deliver 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.

Cast

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Theme song in opening credits

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"Angela Monti sings the Joe Walker's theme by Bobby Gutesha"

References

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  1. ^ Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.
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