form y separately published work icon Mozambique single work   film/TV   thriller   crime   adventure  
Note: Based on an original story by British script-writer Harry Alan Towers.
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 Mozambique
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Film Details - Towers of London Productions ; London & Overseas Film Corporation , 1965

Producers:

Harry Alan Towers.

Production Companies:

Tower of London Productions.
London & Overseas Film Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Martin Curtis.

Music:

Johnny Douglas.

Cast:

Including Steve Cochran (Brad Webster), Hildegarde Neff Knef (Ilona Valdez), Paul Hubschmid (Commarro), Vivi Bach (Christina), Martin Benson (Da Silva), Dietmar Schönherr (Henderson), George Leech (Carl), and Gert van den Bergh (The Arab).
American actor Steve Cochran's final film role before his death (aged 48) on board his yacht off the coast of Guatamala.

Release Dates:

Released in the US on 9 February 1966.
Released in Europe in 1965.

Location:

  • Filmed in Mozambique.
  • Involves drug smuggling from Lisbon through Mozambique to Zanzibar, and so was marketed under the latter title in some countries (e.g., as Operazione Zanzibar in Italy and Blonde Fracht für Sansibar in Austria and West Germany).
Subjects:
Settings:
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    Mozambique,
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    Southern Africa, Africa,
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