That Man in Istanbul

That Man in Istanbul
That Man in Istanbul
	Film poster
Directed by	Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Written by	Howard Clewes; Lluís Josep Comerón [ca]; Jorge Illa; Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi; Giovanni Simonelli; Nat Wachsberger;
Produced by	Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi; Nat Wachsberger;
Starring	Horst Buchholz
Cinematography	Juan Gelpí
Edited by	Juan Pallejá
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Release date	11 August 1965;
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy; France;
Language	English
Box office	46,957,940 pesetas ($0.7 million) (Spain)

That Man in Istanbul (Spanish: Estambul 65, Italian: Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge, French: L'Homme d'Istamboul) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz.^[2] It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures. That Man in Istanbul is a eurospy comedy film. Its English-language title is likely a reference to the 1964 eurospy comedy film That Man from Rio.

Plot

After paying a million dollars ransom in used notes for a nuclear scientist abducted in Turkey, the CIA find that they were fobbed off with a double. Refusing to accept defeat, agent Kelly goes on holiday to Istanbul where she meets nightclub owner Tony, who knows all the local underworld. He is excited by the idea of retrieving the million dollars if he can find the scientist and sets to work. Despite losing Kelly, who is also abducted, after many daring adventures and dramatic fights with every possible weapon he eventually ends up on a yacht that holds the scientist, the girl, and the attaché case with the money. Giving the man back to the Americans, he keeps the other two.

Cast

Horst Buchholz as Tony Mecenas
Sylva Koscina as Kelly, CIA Agent
Mario Adorf as Bill
Perrette Pradier as Elisabeth Furst
Ángel Picazo as Inspector Mallouk
Klaus Kinski as Schenck
Gérard Tichy as Charly Cohen
Christiane Maybach as Josette
Álvaro de Luna as Bogo
Gustavo Re as Brain, the Accountant
George Rigaud as CIA Chief
Henri Cogan as Cogan (as Henry Cogan)
Agustín González as Gunther
Umberto Raho as Prof. Pendergast
Marta Flores as Lady in Limousine
Barta Barri as Captain
Luis Induni as Thug
Manuel Bronchud [ca; de] as Thug
Alberto Dalbés as Thug
Don Maxwell as CIA Operative
Claude Cerval as Brandt
Antonio Molino Rojo as Picture presenter

References

^ O'Brien, John J. (10 September 1969). "Spanish Exhibition B. O. Figures; MGM's 'Zhivago,' Mexico's 'Padrecito' Lead; '68 Gross of $89,123,429". Variety. p. 32.
^ Fremont-Smith, Eliot (2016). "That Man in Istanbul". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.

External links

That Man in Istanbul at IMDb

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[gross-1] O'Brien, John J. (10 September 1969). "Spanish Exhibition B. O. Figures; MGM's 'Zhivago,' Mexico's 'Padrecito' Lead; '68 Gross of $89,123,429". Variety. p. 32.

[NY_Times-2] Fremont-Smith, Eliot (2016). "That Man in Istanbul". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.

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