Bobby Dodd intervenes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bobby Dodd intervenes |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script | Curt J. Brown |
| production | Kurt Ulrich |
| music | Michael Jary |
| camera | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
| occupation | |
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Bobby Dodd intervenes is a German feature film by the Hungarian director Géza von Cziffra from 1959 in black and white . Curt J. Braun wrote the script . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on July 23, 1959.
action
Bobby Dodd has gained experience in many professions. Most recently he worked as a private detective on Peter Voss, the “millionaire” , in order to steal the millions that did not exist. But as with his previous activities, his endeavor was doomed to failure. Now he is trying again in his original artist profession. His agent was able to accommodate him as a knife thrower in a seedy restaurant on Hamburg's Reeperbahn. However, it doesn't take long before Bobby gets into an argument with his boss. Inevitably, it is he who loses out and his job is gone again. So the offer from the arms dealer Sydow comes in handy. Because Bobby looks very similar to him, he is supposed to “represent” him in his holiday home in Portugal as long as Sydow is incognito on a “business trip”. After Bobby found out that Sydow's lovely secretary Marianne Vidal would accompany him, he quickly became friends with his new job.
As soon as Bobby has arrived at the holiday home, he receives a visit from “his” niece Lilly, who is once again in need of money. This soon exposes the hoax and ensures that Dodd is arrested by the police and sent to prison. To clear up the misunderstanding, Bobby gives the real Sydow as his key witness. He is soon found, but can no longer say anything because he was liquidated by his "business partners". All circumstances suggest that Bobby is a potential murderer. But because the police don't believe his pledges of innocence, he has to convict the perpetrators himself and prove his innocence. In a not entirely legal way, he managed to get out of prison. He is about to start looking for the real culprits. His research not only takes him through wicked harbor docks, but also to the circus, on luxury yachts and at airports. Finally there is a wild fight with a trio of dark "men of honor", whom he can soon hand over to the police as Sydow's murderer. Now Bobby has plenty of time to take care of his unemployed secretary Marianne.
music
The composer of the film music was Michael Jary . She plays an essential role in the film. The German pop singer Christa Williams sings the song Im 'blau Pony' , which begins as follows:
In the 'blue pony'
Jonny dreams
that he would be home again.
He dreams of Sonny
in the 'blue pony'.
Because he loves his Sonny so much.
The text comes from Hans Bradtke .
criticism
"Crashed private detective falls into the trap of a trio of criminals; he playfully mates his opponents. An amusing crime grotesque in parts. "
Trivia
- The slightly futuristic-looking double-decker is the De Havilland DH Dragon short-haul passenger aircraft , which was produced in two versions from 1932 to 1946.
- The character of Bobby Dodd - each time played by Walter Giller - also appears in the films Peter Voss, der Millionendieb from 1958 and Peter Voss - the hero of the day from the following year.
- The contemporary background of the film is the attacks by the Red Hand on the arms dealers Otto Schlüter and Georg Puchert in order to prevent the arms trade in the Algerian war .
source
Program for the film: The new film program , No. 4493
Web links
- Bobby Dodd intervenes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A few pictures of the film at cinema.de
- Bobby Dodd intervenes at filmportal.de
- Full film version on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 3174 (1988), p. 396