''City of Fear'' (German: ''Scharfe Küsse für Mike Forster'') is a 1965

spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Peter Bezencenet Peter Bezencenet (1914–2003) was a British film editor and film director. He co-scripted the 1936 film ''Conquest of the Air''.Morley p.84 He was employed by the Rank Organisation on a number of films during the 1950s, including several for Eal ...

and starring

Paul Maxwell Paul Maxwell (born Maxim Popovich; November 12, 1921December 19, 1991) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role w ...

, Terry Moore and Marisa Mell. It was co-production between the United Kingdom and West Germany.

Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for ex ...

took place in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

where the film is partly set.Mann p.45

Cast

as Mike Foster * Terry Moore as Suzan * Marisa Mell as Ilona *

Albert Lieven Albert Lieven (born Albert Fritz Liévin; 22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was a German actor. Early life Lieven was born in Hohenstein, East Prussia (Olszynek, Poland). His father was the head physician of the Tuberculosis sanatorium Ho ...

as Dr. Paul Kovac *

Pinkas Braun Pinkas Braun (7 January 1923 – 24 June 2008) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1952 and 2002. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland and died in Munich, Germany. Partial filmography * '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Ko ...

as Ferenc * Helga Lehner as Eva * Zsuzsa Bánki as Magda * Brigitte Heiberg as Zsu Zsu *

Maria Rohm Maria Rohm (13 August 1945 – 18 June 2018) was an Austrian actress and producer. Born Helga Grohmann in Vienna, she started her acting career at the very young age, working at the famous Viennese Burgtheatre as a child actor from ages 4 throug ...

as Maid * Mária Takács as Marika

References

Bibliography

* Mann, Dave. ''Harry Alan Towers: The Transnational Career of a Cinematic Contrarian''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* 1965 films 1960s spy thriller films West German films 1960s English-language films British spy thriller films German spy thriller films Films shot in Vienna Films set in Vienna Films set in Budapest Allied Artists films Films directed by Peter Bezencenet 1960s British films 1960s German films {{1960s-UK-film-stub