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Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117

Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117

Movie · 1965 · 15 people

Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 is a 1965 French-Italian co-production and a spy adventure in the Eurospy mould. André Hunebelle directed it, and it is his third film in the OSS 117 series. Running about 99 minutes and made in French, it was released in the United States as OSS 117 – Mission for a Killer, and in Germany as OSS 117 – Pulverfaß Bahia.

The story follows Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, code-named OSS 117, the agent created by Jean Bruce. He goes to the Bahia region of Brazil on a dangerous assignment. The film brings a new face to the series: Frederick Stafford, in his first screen role, takes over the part from Kerwin Mathews. The cast also includes Mylène Demongeot, François Maistre, Raymond Pellegrin, Jacques Riberolles, Perrette Pradier, Dominique Zardi and Henri Attal.

Pierre Foucaud and Jean Halain wrote the screenplay and Paul Cadéac produced. The film is based on Bruce's 1955 novel Dernier quart d'heure, the 44th book in the OSS 117 series, which appeared in English in 1965 as Live Wire in Britain and The Last Quarter Hour in the US. It was shot on location in Brazil, with action by stunt coordinator Claude Carliez and production design by Paul-Louis Boutié.

DirectorAndré Hunebelle

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Dominique Zardi Actor · died at 79 Henri Attal Henri Attal Actor · died at 67 Frederick Stafford Mylène Demongeot François Maistre Raymond Pellegrin Jacques Riberolles André Cagnard Annie Anderson Éric Vasberg Guy Delorme Jean Minisini Michel Thomass Perrette Pradier Yvan Chiffre

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A proper Eurospy adventure from the sixties: an agent, a dangerous mission, a far-off location. Shooting on real locations in Brazil, with the action staged by a stunt coordinator, gives the fights and chases a tangible feel. If you are used to today's speed the pace may feel old-fashioned at times, but for anyone after the genre's classic flavour it is a fun pick.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Hunebelle's third film in the OSS 117 series shows both the appeal and the limits of the Eurospy wave. Paul-Louis Boutié's production design and the careful action staging give it a professional surface by the standards of its day. But the script rarely strays from the familiar template of an agent sent on a dangerous mission, relying on formula more than on depth of character. Frederick Stafford taking over the agent from Kerwin Mathews in his first screen role also shows the series resting its continuity on the brand rather than the actor: the hero is a code name, not a face. Interesting for students of the genre, otherwise a run-of-the-mill spy adventure.

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The film is a good example for understanding why spy stories were so popular in sixties Europe. A French-Italian co-production reaching out to Brazil reflects a way of presenting distant countries to audiences of the time as a stage for adventure. That is also its weak spot: Bahia risks appearing mostly as an exotic backdrop to the agent's mission rather than as a place with its own people and reality. And the fact that it is based on the 44th novel in Jean Bruce's series shows how large a readership popular spy fiction reached in those years.

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