OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
Synopsis
O.S.S 117 (Frederick Stafford) is an American CIA operative who is sent to South America to thwart the attempt of a group of underground subversives who want to take over the world. Although classified as a Bond-style spy feature, it lacks the humor and gloss of other films of the genre. Location shots from Brazil are impressive as the sight of routine gun battles.
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Actors (23)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Production Artistique et Cinématographique (PAC)
- Foreign production companies : Produzioni Cinematografiche Mediterranee (PCM), Da Ma Produzione
- Associate producer : Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Valoria Films
Full credits (18)
- Adaptation : Jean Halain, Pierre Foucaud
- Screenwriters : Pierre Foucaud, André Hunebelle, Jean Halain
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Halain
- Director of Photography : Marcel Grignon
- Music Composer : Michel Magne
- Assistant directors : Jacques Besnard, Michel Lang
- Editor : Jean Feyte
- Sound Recordist : René-Christian Forget
- Costume designer : Mireille Leydet
- Foreign producers : Luciano Ercoli, Pietro Bregni, Marcello Danon
- Author of original work : Jean Bruce
- Producers : André Hunebelle, Paul Cadéac
- Voice : Jean-Pierre Ducos, Jacques Marin, Pierre Collet
- Production Manager : Paul Cadéac
- Continuity supervisor : Charlotte Lefèvre-Pecqueux
- Production Designer : Paul-Louis Boutié
- Art Director : Henri Sonois
- Stunt performers : Claude Carliez, Yvan Chiffre
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure
- Themes : Espionage
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1965
- French release : 02/07/1965
- Runtime : 1 h 39 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 29943
- Visa issue date : 01/07/1965
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
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This was director Andre Hunebelle's third crack at OSS 117, the hero of Jean Bruce's novels, and we consider it probably his best effort. OSS 117 Mission For a Killer has a lot going for it. Among them is Frederick Stafford. He's just right as the smart and tough Hubert Bonnisseur de la Bath. He has an easy air of capability about him and we were surprised to learn that this was his first film credit. Stafford, who died in a plane crash in 1979, played the same role in OSS 117 From Tokyo With Love and he made one other spy flick in the sixties; Agent 505 - Death Trap Beirut.
After four political assassinations occur inside a month, all perpetrated by drug-induced innocents, Stafford is sent to Rio to track down the source of the narcotic. Since it's Rio, we are treated to the prerequisite Carnival footage but it doesn't take up too much time. The Latin-inflected score by Michel Magne is just fine and in fact, blends well with the Rio and Bahia area locations. The film has plenty of action, good fights and intentional humor. Overall this is a superior example of the genre and well worth seeking out.
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