Death Trip (1967 film)
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.
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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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Languages | Italian German |
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.