''Kommissar X Drei grüne Hunde'', it, Strategic command chiama Jo Walker, also known as ''Death Trip'' and ''Kill Me Gently'' is a 1967 West German-Italian-French-Lebanese-Hungarian

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film written, co-produced and co-directed by

Rudolf Zehetgruber Rudolf Zehetgruber (born 16 September 1926) is an Austrian film director, film producer, producer, screenwriter and actor who directed 17 films between 1960 and 1985. He is most known for writing and directing the Superbug (film series), Superb ...

and

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommi ...

. Filmed in Turkey, it stars Tony Kendall and

Brad Harris Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame ...

. It is the fourth of seven

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, loosely based on the

Kommissar X Kommissar X or Commissioner X is a German crime fiction series of books from the Pabel Moewig publishing house. "Kommissar X" is a private detective named Joe Louis Walker who was a counterpart of the German crime fiction FBI Special Agent Jerry ...

detective novel series from the Pabel Moewig publishing house.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . The film also features Dietmar Schonherr, director/screenwriter

and Harris' wife of the time Olly Schoberova.

Plot

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Captain Rowland travels to Istanbul to bring a shipment of

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to be used by the American armed forces stationed in Turkey for undisclosed purposes. When the shipment is stolen by a local and ancient criminal organisation known as "the Green Hounds", Rowland teams up with private eye Joe Walker to recover the shipment.

Cast

* Tony Kendall ... Joe Louis Walker, aka Kommissar X *

as Captain Rowland * Olly Schoberova ... Leyla Kessler *

Christa Linder Christa Linder is a German film actress.Weisser p.307 Selected filmography * ''Condemned to Sin'' (1964) * ''Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill'' (1966) * ''Seven Vengeful Women'' (1966) * ''The Strangler of the Tower'' (1966) * '' Countdown to Doomsday'' (19 ...

... Gisela * Dietmar Schonherr ... Allan Hood / George Hood *

Herbert Fux Herbert Fux (25 March 1927 – 13 March 2007) was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007. Life Fux was born in Hallein, at the age of five he moved with his family to the city of Salz ...

... Eddie Shapiro *

Sabine Sun The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divide ...

... Joyce Sellers * Rossela Bergamonti ... Jenny Carter * Emilio Carrer ... Inspector Rebat *

Carlo Tamberlani Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. He was born in Salice Salentino, Italy and died in Subiaco, Italy. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. ...

... Konsul Snyder * Rolf Zehett ... Almann *

Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...

... Sergeant Özkan *''and''

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... Khemal

Theme song in opening credits

"Angela Monti sings the Joe Walker's theme by Bobby Gutesha"

References

External links

* 1967 films 1960s spy action films Italian spy action films German spy action films West German films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini Films directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber Films shot in Istanbul Films about drugs Films set in Istanbul Films based on German novels Films scored by Francesco De Masi 1960s spy thriller films 1960s buddy films 1960s Italian films 1960s German films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub