Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966)
"Our Man in Marrakesh" (original title)

One of six travellers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?

Director:

Don Sharp

Writers:

Harry Alan Towers (original story), Peter Yeldham (screenplay)

Stars:

Tony Randall, Senta Berger, Terry-Thomas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Randall	...	Andrew Jessel
Senta Berger	...	Kyra Stanovy
Terry-Thomas	...	El Caid
Herbert Lom	...	Mr. Casimir
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Arthur Fairbrother
Grégoire Aslan	...	Achmed
John Le Mesurier	...	George Lillywhite
Klaus Kinski	...	Jonquil
Margaret Lee	...	Samia Voss
Emile Stemmler	...	Hotel clerk
Helen Sanguinetti	...	Madame Bouseny
Francisco Sánchez	...	Martinez
William Sanguinetti	...	Police chief
Hassan Essakali	...	Motorcycle policeman
Keith Peacock	...	Philippe

Storyline

One of six travellers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?

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Plot Keywords:

independent film

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bang Bang!

Filming Locations:

Marrakech, Morocco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Landau / Unger, Marrakesh, Towers of London Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of a number of espionage films directed by Don Sharp. The films include Callan; Bang! Bang! You're Dead!; Bear Island; Hennessy and The Thirty Nine Steps.

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Connections

Featured in The Unforgettable John Le Mesurier (2001)

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Soundtracks

"The Eton Boating Song"
Lyrics by William Johnson and music by Algernon Drummond
Hummed by El Caid on his way to the prison rendezvous

User Reviews

A reasonable facsimile of Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant

BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD aka Our Man In Marrakesh seems a low budget homage to the talents of director Alfred Hitchcock and actor Cary Grant. Imagine, if you will, a blending of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, and you might have BANG BANG.

Tony Randall is very appealing as the much harried, put upon innocent who is caught up in a series of misadventures (his character Jessel actually says something like "We're suspected of being murderers, and we're being chased by murderers"). Randall is certainly not someone you would cast as the romantic lead, but you can readily accept that he and Senta Berger will become lovers.

Ms Berger's characters is very fond and adept at telling lies, and shaping the truth as she sees fit. She does it well, and is charming, and everyone likes her, not least the wily Arab truck driver Achmed (Gregoire Aslan), who twice saves the couple.

I had mistaken Margaret Lee for another Italian starlet but apparently she was born in Wolverhampton, England in 1943. She plays the sex kitten very well, and again, has some good lines.

The script is actually very good, the dialogue especially, with more memorable lines than I expected. The line-up of character actors is also fine, though Klaus Kinski's thug is nowhere as effective as the one he displayed in GRAND SLAM.

Locations are well chosen, the action good for its day, and the music by Malcolm Lockyer (someone who doesn't seem to have worked much in film) catches the flavour of Marrakesh, Morocco.

All in all, highly recommended (If you can find it!)