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31 January 1972 (Sweden) moreTagline:
It will keep you hanging on the edge of your seat! morePlot:
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Breath-taking seventies action flick! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| 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 |
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98 minCountry:
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UK:15 (1999) | UK:AA (1970) (cut) | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:PGFun Stuff
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In her memoirs Suzanna Leigh mentions that she had a role in this film as a villain but, although her character is mentioned, her scenes were deleted from the final print. moreGoofs:
Continuity: At one point during the Amsterdam boat chase, the white boat hits a bridge and sustains fairly severe damage to the prow (which is acknowledged in the sound effects). In the next shot, the boat is unblemished again. moreFAQ
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Based on the famous novel by Alistair McLean, "Puppet on a String" brings secret agent Paul Sherman, played by Swedish actor and singer Sven-Bertil Taube, to the Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam. It's his turn to hunt a drug-smuggling gang and a corrupt policeman, and it takes some victims and actions until he faces the main villain on a dark harbor site in a last fatal fight.
The dark streets and canals of Amsterdam are a perfect setting for this seventies' thriller, and the action and suspense work pretty well. There is an incredibly breath-taking motor boat chase through the canals which looks takes the car chasing action of "Bullitt", "Vanishing Point" and "French Connection" a bit further and has been copied by Dick Maas in his Dutch 1987 psycho thriller "Amsterdamned". There are some really scary and psychedelic scenes in the movie, and Piero Piccionis great sound track adds much weight to the picture (and has been reissued two years ago on CD). A great forgotten action movie!