Hell hunt for hot goods
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hell hunt for hot goods |
| Original title | New York chiama Superdrago hell hunt for hot goods New York appeals Super Dragon |
| Country of production |
Italy Germany France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Giorgio Ferroni (as Calvin Jackson Padget ) |
| script |
Mario Casacci (as Mike Mitchell ) Bill Coleman Remigio Del Grosso Roberto Amoroso Giorgio Ferroni (as C. Jackson Padget ) |
| production | Roberto Amoroso |
| music | Benedetto Ghiglia |
| camera |
Antonio Secchi (as Tony Secchi ) |
| cut | Antonietta Zita |
| occupation | |
| |
Hellhunt for hot goods is an Italian-German-French action and agent film made in 1965 with Ray Danton in the lead role.
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An international criminal organization, which has its headquarters in Amsterdam , has hatched a terrible plan of destruction against the youth of the United States: It wants to coat the country with the synthetic drug "Synchro 2". It is a drug that extinguishes all human willpower and can even lead to death if overdosed. With this, if at least not world domination, then at least control over the most powerful country on earth should be achieved. The unscrupulous spoilers of mankind have already achieved their first successes in a school in Michigan: there were severe attacks of aggression and excesses of violence, and some drug users have died of cardiac arrest.
The US secret agent Bryan Cooper, also known under the nom de guerre Superdrago, who is currently relaxing on vacation , is given the task of infiltrating the organization and finally rendering it harmless. His first trace leads him to a bowling alley, where young people indulge in wild rhythmic dance movements. A sinewy little guy named Ross sells chewing gum to the youngsters who then attack each other in an aggressive manner. No question about it, the chewing gum was infused with the dreaded super drug. When Cooper tries to catch the dealer, he dies a little later. Agent Cooper learns that the drugs are being smuggled in from Amsterdam in Chinese vases. In a short time, the smart, black-haired American succeeds in determining who the gang's middlemen are. With his beefy companion, who, contrary to his looks, is called “Baby Face”, Superdrago goes to Amsterdam, to the lion's den. A little later he receives further support from the seductive Charity Farrel, his contact person with the code name "Rembrandt 13".
Very super-macho, Superdrago soon starts hooking up with the curvy lady. But not everything is as it seems. In truth, charity has long since fallen into the clutches of the gangster gang and has become dependent on them. The super agent doesn't know that she is actually working against him. Cooper is to be killed for getting too close to the criminals. The brutalities and attempts to decimate each other are increasing: Sometimes Superdrago is shipped alive in a coffin and sunk, then the drug professor Kurge is tortured with his own electricity. Meanwhile, an antidote to the super drug "Synchro 2" is being developed. Finally, Superdrago meets the head of the underworld organization, a very rich man from Venezuela named Fernand Lamas. Then it comes to the big showdown ...
Production notes
Hellhunt for hot goods was in the second half of 1965 a. a. Filmed in Amsterdam and Volendam , had its world premiere on February 17, 1966 in Italy and its German premiere on June 24, 1966. The production companies involved were “Ramo Film” and “Fono Film” from Rome, the Munich-based “Gloria Film” and “Les Films Bernard Borderie ”from Paris.
The film, shot immediately after Danton's The Spy Who Goes to Hell , is a typical Eurospy trash product, one of numerous internationally co-produced agent and action films that followed the great success of the James Bond film series in the mid-1960s Years emerged.
Both an LP and a single of the film music were released (CAM CDR 33-16 or CE 10.013)
Reviews
"Of course, the black curly Super Drago takes care of the villain, whereby he not only kills in the tried and tested manner with all technical refinements, but also, which is new and questionable, can sadistically torture in the service of a good cause."
In the lexicon of international films it says: “Commercially available agent and adventure film, much too over the top to be entertaining; also pseudo-moral and brutal. "
The Segnalazioni Cinematografiche judged that the film "uses, in the absence of originality, the well-known ideas of spy films and uses them appropriately, especially in terms of locations, rhythm and a good mix of action and suspense sequences."
The Protestant film observer also judged rather positively : “The usual downsides of the genre have receded somewhat in favor of skillfully exploited local colors. Still better for adults only. "
Web links
- Hell hunt for hot commodity in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hellhunt for hot goods at filmportal.de
- The film at comingsoon.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I film vol. 3, dal 1960 al 1969. Rom, Gremese 1992, p. 357
- ↑ Hell hunt for hot goods. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche, Vol. 62, 1967
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 262/1966.