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Wie tötet man eine Dame? (1966)

95 min · Crime

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Directors

Manfred R. Köhler

Cast

Stewart Granger, Karin Dor, Curd Jürgens, Scilla Gabel, Molly Peters, Klaus Kinski, Luis Iduni, Erika Remberg, José Marco Rosello, Adolfo Celi, Rupert Davies

A secret agent must protect a young heiress from a gang determined to kill her before her inheritance comes due.

The story

On her 25th birthday, Sandra Perkins is due to inherit $72 million, but her guardian will receive the money if she dies before then. A criminal organization sets out to kill her, and secret agent James Vine becomes involved by chance. After meeting Sandra on a plane, Vine intervenes when the gang tries to make the aircraft crash; Sandra helps him prevent the disaster. The danger continues in a range of places, as the attackers pursue Sandra and Vine works to keep her safe.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

On her 25th birthday, the brunette Sandra Perkins is due to inherit the enormous sum of 72 million dollars. If she dies before then, her guardian will get the money. A criminal organization, whose members tend to appear dressed as yellow-robed monks, sets out to snuff out her life. The gang’s leader turns out to be a certain Gérard van Looch, a gangster boss who always dresses in white and, with great modesty, has himself called “Giant.” Secret agent James Vine is drawn into the case more or less by chance, but becomes all the more committed when it comes to protecting Sandra Perkins from the hordes of villains, who are fond of making use of their machine guns. He has his work cut out for him ever since meeting Sandra on a plane. The villains wanted to make the aircraft crash and jumped out with parachutes beforehand. All-rounder Vine managed to prevent the crash at the last moment, with Sandra’s help. From then on, the beautiful young woman is threatened in all sorts of situations and places: on a harbor promenade in Lebanon, in a hotel room, and in the courtyard of her company. Eventually the criminals succeed in kidnapping Sandra, and it takes Vine’s courage and efforts—and his fists—to rescue the innocent beauty from her predicament. In the end, Sandra’s uncle Henry, who is just as greedy as he is villainous, turns out to be the mastermind behind all the trouble…

Genres

Crime

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