Death Is a Woman

Death Is a Woman
Death Is a Woman
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frederic Goode
Screenplay by	Wally Bosco
Story by	Wally Bosco; (original story)
Produced by	Harry Field
Starring	Mark Burns; Shaun Curry; William Dexter; Wanda Ventham; Terence De Marney; Patsy Ann Noble;
Cinematography	Bill Jordan
Edited by	Fredrick Ives
Music by	John Shakespeare
Production; company	Associated British-Pathé
Distributed by	Warner Pathé Distributors
Release date	February 1966 (United Kingdom);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Death Is a Woman (also known as Sex Is a Woman, CIA an Malta: Diese Frau ist gefährlich, Love Is a Woman) is a 1966 British mystery film directed by Frederic Goode and starring Mark Burns, Shaun Curry, William Dexter, Wanda Ventham, Terence De Marney and Patsy Ann Noble.^[1] Location filming took place in Malta.^[2]

Plot

British undercover agent Dennis Parbury is sent to an island in the Mediterranean to identify how a heroin-smuggling operation is distributing their product.

Cast

Mark Burns as Dennis Parbury
Shaun Curry as Joe
William Dexter as Malo
Wanda Ventham as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
Terence De Marney as Jacomini
Patsy Ann Noble as Francesca
Mark Singleton as Costello, Head of the Police
Michael Brennan as Bonelli
Anita Harris as singer at casino
Blake Butler as lift operator
Dulcie Bowman as old lady
Tony Watham as himself
Garth Adams as himself
Caron Gardner as Mary

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Drug traffic, gambling, murder mystery, unscrupulous femme fatale, and a couple of songs, here brought together against a colourful Mediterranean background. But the mixture fails to coalesce, and the naiveté of the script is only emphasised by some distinctly substandard acting. Still, there are several underwater sequences for those who like to watch them."^[3]

Songs

"Who's Foolish", music and lyrics by Joan Shakespeare, sung by Anita Harris
"Francesca", music and lyrics by Joan Shakespeare, sung by Dennis Lotis (as Denis Lotis)

References

^ "Death Is a Woman". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Death Is a Woman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
^ "Death Is a Woman". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 10. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.

External links

Death Is a Woman at IMDb
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Death Is a Woman at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}

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[BFIsearch-1] "Death Is a Woman". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[bfi1-2] "Death Is a Woman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

[3] "Death Is a Woman". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 10. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.

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