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Der Tod im roten Jaguar
La Morte in Jaguar Rossa
West Germany/Italy 1968
produced by Heinz Willeg (executive) for Allianz Filmproduktion, Cinematografica Associati, Constantin Film
directed by Harald Reinl
starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss, Daniela Surina, Friedrich Schütter, Carl Lange, Giuliano Raffaelli, Herbert Stass, Grit Boettcher, Gert Haucke, Karin Schröder, Kurt Jaggberg, Charles Wakefield, Manuela Schmitz, Ilse Steppat, Britt Lindberg, Susanne Hsiao, Hans Epskamp, Giorgio Benito Bogino, Harry Riebauer, Robert Fuller, Rinaldo Zamperla, Hubert Mittendorf, Frank Nossack, Doris Steinmueller
screenplay by Herbert Reinecker (as Alex Berg), based on characters from the magazine series G-Man Jerry Cotton published by Bastei Lübbe, music by Peter Thomas
Jerry Cotton, Jerry Cotton (George Nader)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Someone has set up an agency for contract killings in San Francisco,
but the question is who ... To find this out, Jerry Cotton (George
Nader) and his red Jaguar go to San Francisco and hook up with his old
friend, private eye Sam Parker (Herbert Stass) plus assistant Ria (Daniela
Surina), and soon he comes up with a couple of leads, most notably one
businessman named Carp (Kurt Jaggberg), whose former employee who wanted
to testify against him in court, has been shot, and whose wife Linda (Grit
Boettcher) desperately tries to get away from him. Soon enough, a killer,
Davis (Gert Haucke) is after Linda, but is shot himself when he fails to
kill her. She is shot later on, but not before giving Jerry another clue,
a clue that leads to psychiatrist Saunders (Carl Lange), who obviously
uses his practice to turn his mentally unstable patients into contract
killers. Now Jerry has all the pieces of the puzzle but one, he's still
missing the head of the organisation. And thus he persuades his friend Sam
Parker to set up a contract on Cotton himself ... and fortunately, Cotton
can intercept his would-be killer when he's about to kill Ria and get him
over to his side - so ultimately, cotton fakes his own death. However,
Cotton's charade isn't working for too long, and ultimately, after a long
chase plus shoot-out he can unmask the mastermind of the whole affair as
being none other than his friend Sam Parker himself - and bring him to
jsutice of course. Lively entry into the Jerry Cotton
series that might have numerous shortcomings - from the stupidly
convoluted plot to the German location shoots not matching the
establishing shots done in San Francisco -, but it's fast moving, full of
action, and generally one of these films that are enjoyed the most when
not taken too seriously. So yeah, it's fun.
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