The murderers stand in line

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Movie
German title The murderers stand in line
Original title Murderer's Row
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1966
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Henry Levin
script Herbert Baker
production Irving Allen
music Lalo Schifrin
camera Sam Leavitt
cut Walter Thompson
occupation

The murderers are in a queue ( Murderer's Row ) is the sequel to the American spy film Quiet Whispering Guns and was released in Germany the following year, namely 1967 . Again, the script was based on motifs from Donald Hamilton's novels . This time, alongside Irving Allen , Euan Lloyd (" The Wild Geese Come ") also appeared as a producer . Directed by Henry Levin and the music by Lalo Schifrin .

action

The multinational criminal organization “Big O”, now headed by Dr. Julian Wall, still striving for world domination. With this in mind, the missing scientist Dr. Solaris created a laser weapon with the potential for mass destruction. Matt Helm is supposed to determine his whereabouts before this weapon can be used by "Big O". Matt Helm stages his own death as cover. With a false identity, he then travels to the Riviera , because that is where the inventor's daughter, played by Ann-Margret , lives who is his only trace of Dr. Solaris is.

effect

The sometimes very free handling of the more serious novel templates, the really amazing secret weapons and the winking presentation of the main actor anticipated what many years later in a comparable way in the late agent films by Roger Moore and in Never Say Never (1983) with Sean Connery was demonstrated.

criticism

The evangelical film observer has a somewhat ambivalent opinion: “A perfect ripper with some very pretty ideas, but the parody of which gets stuck in the beginnings. Recommended at most for particularly stubborn lovers of the genre. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 131/1967