Death Trip (1967 film)
{{short description|1967 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde
| image =
| producer = {{ubl|Theo Maria Werner|Herb Bromberg|Rudolf Zehetgruber}}
| director = {{ubl|Rudolf Zehetgruber|Gianfranco Parolini}}
| screenplay = Rudolf Zehetgruber
| starring ={{ubl|Tony Kendall|Brad Harris|Olly Schoberova|Christa Linder}}
| music = Francesco de Masi
| cinematography = Angelo Lotti
| editing = Edmondo Lozzi
| released = {{Film date|1967}}
| language = Italian
German
| budget =
}}
Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde, {{langx|it|Strategic command chiama Jo Walker}}, also known as Death Trip and Kill Me Gently is a 1967 Eurospy film written, co-produced and co-directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Gianfranco Parolini. It was a West German-Italian production with further co-producers in France, Lebanon and Hungary. 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.Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. {{ISBN|978-88-7638-187-4}}. The film also features Dietmar Schonherr, director/screenwriter Rudolf Zehetgruber and Harris' then wife Olly Schoberova.
Plot
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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- Tony Kendall ... Joe Louis Walker, aka Kommissar X
- Brad Harris as Captain Rowland
- Olly Schoberova ... Leyla Kessler
- Christa Linder ... Gisela
- Dietmar Schonherr ... Allan Hood / George Hood
- Herbert Fux ... Eddie Shapiro
- Sabine Sun ... Joyce Sellers
- Rossela Bergamonti ... Jenny Carter
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- Emilio Carrer ... Inspector Rebat
- Carlo Tamberlani ... Konsul Snyder
- Rolf Zehett ... Almann
- Andrea Aureli ... Sergeant Özkan
- and Samson Burke ... Khemal
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Theme song in opening credits
"Angela Monti sings the Joe Walker's theme by Bobby Gutesha"
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0061878}}
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Category:1960s spy action films
Category:Italian spy action films
Category:German spy action films
Category:1960s Italian-language films
Category:1960s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini
Category:Films directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber
Category:Films shot in Istanbul
Category:Films set in Istanbul
Category:Films scored by Francesco De Masi
Category:1960s spy thriller films
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