Underplayed Gems

Shadow of Evil (1964)

Shadow of Evil poster
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
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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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