Die Hölle von Macao (1967)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

James Hill
Frank Winterstein

Writers:

Harald Bloom (writer)
Brian Clemens (writer)

Release Date:

3 February 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The hunt for the Peking Medallion drew them to the deadliest city in the world!

Plot:

Spy accidentally gets an ancient treasure. Several corrupt groups try to steal it from him. |

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Beautiful Woman | Place Name In Title | Lost Treasure | Blow Torch

Cast

Elke Sommer	...	Lilly Mancini
Robert Stack	...	Cliff Wilder
Nancy Kwan	...	Tina
Werner Peters	...	Pinto
Christian Marquand	...	Jay Brandon
Maurizio Arena	...	Mancini
Richard Haller	...	Kua-Song
Hans Heyde	...	Hugo
Marisa Merlini	...	Mme. Vulcano
Ah Yue Lou	...	Chow (as Ah-Yue Lou)
Heidy Bohlen	...	Jasmine
Maria Minh	...	Choo Minh
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dusty Springfield	...	Title Song Singer
Rosemarie Stack	...	Bar Patron

Also Known As:

Hell to Macao
Il sigillo di Pechino (Italy)
Les corrompus (France)
The Corrupt Ones (USA)
The Peking Medallion (UK)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

CCC-Atelier, Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Spy Vs Spy!

Here's a fun obscurity, a foreign intrigue thriller with great Hong Kong locations, featuring Robert Stack as a poor man's James Bond, in an affable and thrilling adventure set amidst spies, double and triple crosses and crime gangs. Both Nancy Kwan and Elke Sommer are lovely in near-nude scenes. The climax features an attack by the Red Chinese! There's also the great theme song by Dusty Springfield (also a hit single for Dusty!), and some squirmy torture scenes, including "death by acid". Fun.