Death Trip (1967 film) explained

Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde
Screenplay:Rudolf Zehetgruber
Music:Francesco de Masi
Cinematography:Angelo Lotti
Editing:Edmondo Lozzi
Language:Italian
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

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

Theme song in opening credits

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

Notes and References

  1. Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. .