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Director:
Sergio Sollima
Writers:
Jesús María de Arozamena (writer)
Alfonso Balcázar (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 May 1965 (Italy) more
Genre:
Adventure more
Plot Keywords:
Spy
User Comments:
One of the seven Eurospy classics more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
George Ardisson ... Walter Ross, Agent 3S3
Barbara Simon ... Irmgard von Wittstein (as Barbara Simons)
Georges Rivière ... Professor Steve Dickson (as George Riviere)
Seyna Seyn ... Jackye Vein
Franco Andrei ... Bellamy (as Frank Andrews)
Liliane Fernani ... Karina (as Liliane Fernany)
José Marco ... Ahmed (as Joshua Marcos)
Charles Kalinski ... Salkoff (as Charles Kalinsky)
Francisco Sanz ... Nobell (as Paco Sanz)
Henri Cogan ... Sanz (as Henry Cogan)
Fernando Sancho ... Colonel Dolukin
Tom Felleghy ... Major Taylor
Antonio Gradoli ... Captain Moran (as Anthony Gradwell)
Ugo Sasso ... Bob (as Steve Gordon)
Sal Borgese ... Man in Vienna Bar
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (USA)
Agente 3S3, passeport pour l'enfer (France)
Agente 3S3: Operazione inferno (Italy) (working title)
Agente S3S: pasaporte para el infierno (Spain)
Passport to Hell
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Country:
Italy | France | Spain
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The meaning of 3S3 of the codename "Agent 3S3" is Secret Agent No. 3 of the 3rd Special Division. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Agente 3S3, massacro al sole (1966) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the seven Eurospy classics, 18 November 2002
9/10
Author: vjetorix from Seattle

This is the first of George Ardisson's spy flicks and it's a darn good beginning. He followed this up with Inferno in Caracas, Operation Counterspy, and another 3S3 adventure, Hunter of the Unknown, all released in 1966. Ardisson made his share of spaghetti westerns, was in several of Mario Bava's costume epics and even had a bit in Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits! Here he plays Walter Ross, agent 3S3, a designation meaning secret agent number 3 of the 3rd Special Division, and he pretty much kicks butt. Ardisson was an excellent fighter and he has plenty of chances to show off those skills including a particularly brutal match up against Dakar, a man twice his size.

We are treated to a terrific Piero Umiliani jazzy soundtrack that kicks in with the cool credit sequence and barely lets up the rest of the way. This was also director Sergio Sollima's (credited here as Simon Sterling) first spy flick and he keeps things tight and on the move throughout. Sollima also directed Hunter of the Unknown and Requiem For a Secret Agent with lesser results.

Fun things include the winter Vienna locations, the unusual geographical and architectural locations in Lebanon, arm wrestling with a glass of beer between the combatants, litmus paper that can be used to detect poison in one's drink, a pendant transmitter with the receiver in a pair of eyeglasses, and a needle-shooting compact case. The script is good without a lot of nonsense and one line that sticks with this viewer is spoken by Jackie Yen: `I hate violence when it's used against myself.' Don't we all.

The real attraction here is of the tailor-made role for Ardisson. He's a snappy dresser and doesn't come across as your typical smarmy secret agent. Rather, he's in control and doesn't need a lot of gadgets to get the job done. He's worth watching the film for even if it wasn't as good as it happens to be. Recommended.

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