''Five Ashore in Singapore'' AKA ''Singapore, Singapore'' and ''Cinq gars pour Singapour'' is a 1967 French/Italian

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film based on the 1959 novel by

Jean Bruce Jean Bruce (22 March 1921 – 26 March 1963), born Jean Brochet, was a prolific French popular writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan, and Joyce Lindsay. He died in a car accident in ...

. Filmed on location in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

in 1966, it was the last film of Sean Flynn. The film was based on a novel by

who created

OSS 117 OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a fictional secret agent created by French writer Jean Bruce. Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is described as being an American Colonel from Louisiana of French descent. After service in the O ...

and the working title was ''OSS117 Goes to Singapore''.

Plot

Capt. Art Smith and four

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volunteers in

investigate the disappearance of other Marines on

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in that city and discover that a

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is responsible.

Cast

* Sean Flynn ... Captain Art Smith *

Marika Green Marika is a feminine given name of Polish, Greek, and Japanese origin. It has its origin in the Hungarian and Greek nickname for Maria, or its Silesian diminutive "Maryjka". Marieke is the Dutch and Flemish equivalent. Marika is also a Fijian gi ...

... Monika Latzko *

Terry Downes Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, occasional film actor, and businessman. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. At the time of his death, Downes was Brita ...

... Sgt. Gruber * Marc Michel ... Captain Kevin Gray * Dennis Berry ... Lt. Dan * Bernard Meusnier ... Lt. Ángel McIlhemy * Peter Gayford ... Mr. Brown *

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 ...

... Ta-Chouen * Jessy Greek ... Ten-Sin * Trudy Connor ... Tchin-Saw * William Brix ... Cpt. Kafir * Foun-Sen ... Hsi-Houa * Ismail Boss ... Gang Member

References

External links

''Five Ashore in Singapore''
at New York Times * 1967 films French spy thriller films Films based on French novels 1967 adventure films Films set in Singapore Films shot in Singapore Films about the United States Marine Corps English-language French films 1960s English-language films 1960s French films {{adventure-film-stub