Puppet on a Chain (1971 film)

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Puppet on a Chain (1971 film) is a 1971 British thriller movie set in Amsterdam, adapted from Alistair MacLean’s novel about a narcotics agent battling a heroin-smuggling ring.

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instanceOf film
adaptationType novel-to-film adaptation
authorOfSourceWork Alistair MacLean NERFINISHED
basedOn Puppet on a Chain (novel) NERFINISHED
characterPortrayed Paul Sherman NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jack Hildyard NERFINISHED
coDirector Don Sharp NERFINISHED
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Geoffrey Reeve NERFINISHED
distributor Cinerama Releasing Corporation NERFINISHED
editor John Glen NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Amsterdam NERFINISHED
genre thriller
hasSourceAuthorRole Alistair MacLean as screenwriter
mainCharacter Paul Sherman NERFINISHED
medium feature film
musicBy Piero Piccioni NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person
narrativeTheme drug trafficking
undercover investigation
notableSequence speedboat chase through Amsterdam canals
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmEra 1970s British cinema
plotSummary A narcotics agent battles a heroin-smuggling ring in Amsterdam.
producer Geoffrey Reeve NERFINISHED
productionCompany Geoffrey Reeve Productions NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation narcotics agent
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1969
releaseYear 1971
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Alistair MacLean NERFINISHED
Paul Wheeler NERFINISHED
setInCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
setInLocation Amsterdam NERFINISHED
sourceWorkGenre spy novel
starredActor Alexander Knox NERFINISHED
Anouska Hempel NERFINISHED
Barbara Parkins NERFINISHED
Guy Deghy NERFINISHED
Patrick Allen NERFINISHED
Sven-Bertil Taube NERFINISHED
Vladek Sheybal NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1970s

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