Countdown to Doomsday (film)

Countdown to Doomsday
Countdown to Doomsday
Directed by	Marcello Baldi
Written by	Marcello Baldi; Lionello De Felice [it]; Giovanni Simonelli [it]; Karl-Heinz Vogelmann;
Starring	George Ardisson; Pascale Audret;
Cinematography	Victor Monreal
Music by	Claude Bolling
Release dates	9 September 1966 (West Germany); October 1966 (Italy); 28 June 1967 (France);
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Italy; France; West Germany;
Language	Italian

Countdown to Doomsday (German: Fünf vor 12 in Caracas, Italian: Inferno a Caracas, French: Ça casse à Caracas) is a 1966 West German-Italian-French Eurospy film written and directed by Marcello Baldi and starring George Ardisson.^[1]^[2] It was the last spy film of Ardisson.^[2] The film was a box office disappointment.^[2]

Plot

A Private Detective is hired by a rich oil baron to find his kidnapped Daughter. After many encounters with local gangsters, Jeff Merlin finds the girl strapped to a bomb.

Cast

George Ardisson as Jeff Milton
Pascale Audret as Florence
Christa Linder as Helen Remington
Luciana Angiolillo as Mrs. Violet Watson
Harald Leipnitz as Alan Shepperton
Horst Frank as Dr. Soarez
Patrick Bernhard as Kidnapper
Sal Borgese as Second Kidnapper
María Julia Díaz as Dolores del Santos
Marion Grant as Gloria
Josep Castillo Escalona [de; ca] as Inspector Saban

References

^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-593-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana (in Italian). Milan: Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.

External links

Countdown to Doomsday at IMDb

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[1] Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-593-5.

[giusti-2] Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana (in Italian). Milan: Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.

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