''Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen'' (translation: ''Commissioner X: Three Golden Snakes'') is a 1969

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film directed by

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and starring Tony Kendall and Brad Harris that was shot in Thailand. It is the sixth of seven films, loosely based on the

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detective novels from the Pabel Moewig publishing house.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. .

Plot

While sightseeing in

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, Phyllis Leighton, a young American girl, is kidnapped by white slavers. Her mother approaches New York Police Captain Tom Rowland who is attending a conference in Bangkok. With little for the police to go on, Phyllis's frantic mother Maud telephones private eye Joe Walker in New York, asking him to come to Bangkok to find her daughter. Phyllis finds herself on an island with other kidnapped women who are being forced into prostitution. Soon after Joe Walker's arrival both he and Tom are subject to a multitude of assassination attempts by

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and poison gas. Their only clue is that each of the dead unsuccessful assassins have a tattoo of three golden serpents.

Cast

* Tony Kendall as Joe Walker / Kommissar X * Brad Harris as Captain Tom Rowland * Hansi Linder as Phyllis Leighton *

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as Landru * Monica Pardo as Kathin Russell *

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as Maud Leighton * Vilaiwan Vatanapanich as Madame Kim Soh *

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as Killer #1 * Giuseppe Mattei as Killer #2

Release

''Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen'' was released on 18 April 1969.

References

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* 1969 films West German films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s German-language films German spy thriller films 1960s buddy films Films set in Bangkok Films shot in Thailand Kommissar X films Italian spy thriller films Films about prostitution in Thailand 1960s multilingual films German multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1960s Italian films 1960s German films {{action-film-stub