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Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde

Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde

Movie · 1967 · 15 people

The 1967 Eurospy film Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde mixes action, crime and thriller. It is the fourth of the seven films in the Kommissar X series run by the German producer Theo Maria Werner, which was loosely adapted from a detective novel series published by Pabel Moewig and written by Paul Alfred Müller. The film is known in English as Death Trip and in French as Commissaire X : Halte au L.S.D.

The story follows the private detective Kommissar X, who sets out after an international crime ring called the Three Green Dogs. His investigation leads through drug smuggling and kidnapping. Tony Kendall and Brad Harris take the leading roles and, as elsewhere in the series, play off each other as a pair who clash yet complement one another. Olga Schoberová and Christa Linder are also leads, and the cast includes Dietmar Schönherr, Herbert Fux, Sal Borgese, Samson Burke, Sabine Sun, Carlo Tamberlani, Andrea Aureli and Michael Chevalier.

Rudolf Zehetgruber and Gianfranco Parolini directed together, and Zehetgruber also shared in the production. The screenplay is credited to Giovanni Simonelli. It was a West German, Italian and French partnership, with further co-producers in Lebanon and Hungary, shot in Turkey. It runs 93 minutes and was made in German and Italian.

DirectorRudolf Zehetgruber, Gianfranco Parolini

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Brad Harris Brad Harris Actor · died at 84 Sal Borgese Sal Borgese Actor · 89 years old Olga Schoberová Christa Linder Dietmar Schönherr Herbert Fux Rossella Bergamonti Samson Burke Tony Kendall Sabine Sun Carlo Tamberlani Rudolf Zehetgruber Andrea Aureli Claus Jurichs Michael Chevalier

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

Drug smuggling, kidnapping and an international ring called the Three Green Dogs: on paper it is a full-on spy adventure. The duo of Tony Kendall and Brad Harris, always clashing yet getting the job done together, carries the film's energy. If you are used to today's pace, some scenes will feel old-school and slow, but at 93 minutes it does not hang around much. Fun if you want a light period adventure.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

The colourful, slightly naive world of 1960s European spy films is here too. What interests me most is that it was shot in Turkey; searching those images for something familiar from those years brings a pleasant curiosity. But do not look for heart or a genuine moral centre in the story; the characters exist for adventure rather than depth. Set beside Yeşilçam's own adventure films, its value lies mostly in being a keepsake of its era.

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

As the fourth of seven films, Drei grüne Hunde was made at a stage when the formula had fully set, and it shows. The Eurospy template is all here: a crime ring, smuggling, kidnapping and two heroes sparring with each other. The shared credit of two directors yields a functional staging rather than any distinct stylistic unity. The rapport between Kendall and Harris is the film's sturdiest asset, while the script relies more on stringing events together than on character. That it is a West German, Italian and French partnership shot in Turkey makes it an interesting look at the genre's international production model of the time. It has documentary value for film-history buffs; beyond that, it is too formulaic.

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