Puppet on a Chain (1971) ( Alistair Maclean's Puppet on a Chain )

Puppet on a Chain (1971) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Alistair Maclean's Puppet on a Chain
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Geoffrey Reeve

Written By:
Alistair MacLean

Actors:
Sven-Bertil Taube ..... Paul Sherman
Barbara Parkins ..... Maggie
Alexander Knox ..... Col. De Graaf
Patrick Allen ..... Insp. Van Gelder
Vladek Sheybal ..... Meegeren
Ania Marson ..... Astrid Lemay
Penny Casdagli ..... Trudi
Peter Hutchins ..... The Assassin
Drewe Henley ..... Jimmy Duclos
Henni Orri ..... Herta
Stewart Lane ..... George Lemay
Mark Malicz ..... Morgenstern
Michael Mellinger ..... Hotel Manager

Synopsis:

This detective thriller features one of the most exciting boat chases ever filmed, a scene that has been compared to the car chase in Bullitt. It is also notable for having much scenic footage of the Netherlands and of Amsterdam. In this film, the headquarters of a drug-smuggling cartel is the quarry of American narcotics agent Paul Sherman (Sven-Bartil Taube). Though the cartel's activities are centered in Amsterdam, Sherman's search for the headquarters leads to an island castle owned by an offbeat religious group. Sherman and his partner Maggie (Barbara Parkins) run into serious trouble when they try to gain access to the forbidding site. Paul escapes captivity and chases the culprits by boat.

When three hippie drug-dealers are murdered by "the assassin" (Peter Hutchins) in Los Angeles, the U.S. government sends special agent Paul Sherman (Sven-Bertil Taube) to track down the European source of heroin that is causing the drug war. Sherman was born in Holland, but it is clear that Amsterdam's chief of police, Colonel De Graaf (Alexander Knox) is unhappy with having the Americans interfere in Dutch affairs. However, Sherman's direct contact, Inspector Van Gelder (Patrick Allen) is more cooperative, since his daughter, Trudi (Penny Casdagli) suffered brain damage after a heroin overdose. When Sherman makes contact with a deep-cover agent from Washington named Maggie (Barbara Parkins), he almost immediately has a brutal encounter with "the assassin," indicating that the drug dealers have someone on the inside.

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do much about it. With his incognito female fellow agent the American is soon stirring things up.

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