Death Trip (1967 film)
Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde,, also known as Death Trip and Kill Me Gently is a 1967 Eurospy film written, co-produced and co-directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Gianfranco Parolini. It was a West German-Italian production with further co-producers in France, Lebanon and Hungary. 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. The film also features Dietmar Schonherr, director/screenwriter Rudolf Zehetgruber and Harris' then wife Olly Schoberova.
Plot
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
- Tony Kendall... Joe Louis Walker, aka Kommissar X
- Brad Harris as Captain Rowland
- Olly Schoberova ... Leyla Kessler
- Christa Linder ... Gisela
- Dietmar Schonherr ... Allan Hood / George Hood
- Herbert Fux ... Eddie Shapiro
- Sabine Sun ... Joyce Sellers
- Rossela Bergamonti... Jenny Carter
- Emilio Carrer ... Inspector Rebat
- Carlo Tamberlani ... Konsul Snyder
- Rolf Zehett... Almann
- Andrea Aureli ... Sergeant Özkan
- and Samson Burke ... Khemal
Theme song in opening credits