''Kommissar X – Drei gelbe Katzen'' is a 1966

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film written 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

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, it stars Tony Kendall,

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and

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with Harris and Vadis doing their own stuntwork. It is the second of seven

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, loosely based on the 1961

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#73 detective novel from the Pabel Moewig publishing house, though the original novel was set in

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.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. .

Plot

Tom Rowland from the

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is sent to

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

to investigate the murder of a US embassy official killed protecting the daughter of a wealthy expatriate American landowner. At the same time New York

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Joe Walker has been hired by the landowner's daughter to protect her father from being extorted for one million dollars. Through the

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they discover a terrorist organisation known as the Three Golden Cats are responsible for both activities and a string of murders with the victims killed by karate blows or by biological chemicals.

Cast

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

... Captain Tom Rowland *

Ann Smyrner Ann Smyrner (3 November 1934 – 29 August 2016) was a Danish actress who was active in the 1960s in Italy, the United States, Austria and West Germany. She played in adventure, comedy, science fiction, crime, and horror movies, among which are ...

... Babs Lincoln *

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... Michèle *

... King *

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... Nitro * H.D. Kulatunga ... Sunny *

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... Philip Dawson *

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... Baker *

(as Rolf Zehett) ... Barrett * A. Jayaratii ... Insp. DaSilva *

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(as Werner Hauff) ... Geldbote *

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... Rogers *

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... Photographer

Release

''Kommissar X – Drei gelbe Katzen'' was released in Austria on 17 May 1966.

References

External links

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