Dead bees don't sing

Movie
German title	Dead bees don't sing
Original title	Flareup
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1969
length	98 minutes
Rod
Director	James Neilson
script	Mark Rodgers
production	Leon Fromkess
music	Les Baxter
camera	Andrew J. McIntyre
cut	Aaron Stell
occupation
Raquel Welch : Michele James Stacy : Joe Brodnek Luke Askew : Alan Moris Don Chastain : Lieutenant Manion Ron Rifkin : Sailor Jean Byron : Jerri Benton Pat Delaney : Iris Sandra Giles : Nikki Kay Peters : Lee Joe Billings : Lloyd Seibert Carol-Jean Thompson : Jackie Mary Wilcox : Torah Carl Byrd : Sergeant Newcomb Steve Conte : Lieutenant Franklin Tom Fadden : Mr. Willows Michael Rougas : Dr. Connors David Moses : Technician Will J. White : Sergeant Stafford Douglas Rowe Gordon Jump Ike Williams

Dead bees don't sing (original title: Flareup , in German Aufflammen ) is an American feature film ( thriller ) from 1969 by James Neilson . The script was written by Mark Rodgers . The leading roles are starring Raquel Welch , James Stacy and Luke Askew . The film had its world premiere on November 10, 1969 in the United States. In Germany it first came to the cinema on August 6, 1970.

action

The mad Alan shoots his divorced wife Nikki in the garden of a luxury hotel in Las Vegas and threatens to kill her two friends as well. A few hours later, Michèle sees her friend Iris and the police officer accompanying her run over by Alan and flees to Los Angeles in fear . Here she appears as a go-go dancer and gets to know and love Joe. But Alan, after he has shot a friendly old man to steal his car, is able to track down Michèle and threatens her by phone. After a nightly chase through a zoo, she is hospitalized with a nervous breakdown. Because she doesn't trust the police, she escapes to Joe's apartment. To her horror, Alan is already waiting there to murder her and her new boyfriend. At the last second, however, Michèle manages to pour gasoline over Alan and the villain breathes out his life as a living torch. The only thing that stands in the way of a happy ending is the wanderlust of the beautiful.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film simply describes the work as a "less credible, average suspenseful Hollywood thriller". The Protestant film observer arrives at a similar point of view: “Raquel Welch is now and then a ray of hope in this viscous film crammed full of clichés. None of the bees need to sing, just run. "

Web links

• Dead bees do not sing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Five pictures from the film with a short review on Cinema.de.
• Movie poster on filmposter-archiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Film-Beobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 392/1970, page 395
2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3861