Shadow of Evil (1964)

Original title

Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117

Directed by

André Hunebelle

Genre

adventure film, spy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American secret agent travels to Bangkok on a mission. He gets involved with spies and a dangerous plot.

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What happens

Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117, released in the USA as Shadow of Evil, is a 1964 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1960 novel Lila de Calcutta, the 74th OSS 117 novel. It was the second OSS 117 film directed by André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac, the first in the series in colour, the first co-produced by the Italian company Da.Ma. Cinematografica and the last to star Kerwin Mathews as OSS 117. The film was shot on Thai locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by René Moulaert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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