When a hostage-for-ransom exchange goes wrong, the F.B.I. sends an agent to Turkey to retrieve the ransom money and the hostage who's an important nuclear-weapon scientist.When a hostage-for-ransom exchange goes wrong, the F.B.I. sends an agent to Turkey to retrieve the ransom money and the hostage who's an important nuclear-weapon scientist.When a hostage-for-ransom exchange goes wrong, the F.B.I. sends an agent to Turkey to retrieve the ransom money and the hostage who's an important nuclear-weapon scientist.
- Awards
- 4 wins
Ángel Picazo
- Inspector Mallouk
- (as Angel Picazo)
Agustín González
- Gunther
- (as Agustin Gonzalez)
Álvaro de Luna
- Bogo
- (as Alvaro de Luna)
Alberto Dalbés
- Thug
- (as Alberto Dalbes)
Gérard Tichy
- Charly Cohen
- (as Gerard Tichy)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Tony Mecenas delivers the line, "What, me worry," he breaks the fourth wall.
- Quotes
Tony Mecenas: [Upon escaping with his life from 360 degrees of mayhem, he turns to the audience and asks] "What, me worry?"
- SoundtracksLove Was Right Here All The Time
Music by Georges Garvarentz
Lyrics by Buddy Kaye
Performed by Georges Garvarentz Et Son Orchestre
Sung by Richard Anthony
Featured review
A fun and romantic snapshot in time
I have always been nostalgic about this Euro-Spy film. When very young, I picked up the soundtrack (which is still available if you look for it) and used to listen and dream about exotic locales, adventure, and of course about that special woman that would be a part of it all. I especially like(d) the Ray Anthony song "Love was Right Here all the Time" which plays at the end against a dark screen when the audience is supposed to leave the theater. Just minutes earlier the leading man, Horst Bucholz, had given his heart to the leading lady, then winked at the audience and confided verbally: "It happens to everyone sooner or later." Many in the audience must have smiled and left the matinée filled with no little amount of delight and renewed hope! Also available are lobby cards and a few B&W photos from the movie. If this movie was ever released on VHS in North America, I'm totally unaware of it. In Europe, yes, but apparently many years ago. I finally acquired a copy of this film, dubbed in English, and with Greek subtitles in DVD which had either been taken off Greek television, or a European VHS. My nostalgia was only increased by spending a week in Istanbul myself, as part of the People-to-People Program for "Student Ambassadors," five years after the movie came out. It is Istanbul as I remember it. Twenty-six years later I again journeyed across Turkey and can say that old, freer, almost magical feel that once was Istanbul was largely gone, and the same can be said for all the islands and seacoasts of the Eastern Mediterranean region. So, for me the movie is a fun and romantic snapshot in time.
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- lamorak13
- Jun 11, 2013
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Unser Mann aus Istanbul
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- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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