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Bookmark this pagePuppet on a Chain (1970)
Director: Geoffrey Reeve
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From Time Out Film Guide
A half-baked thriller set in Amsterdam, and wearily flaunting the familiar backdrop of canals and barrel-organs while struggling to extract some excitement from a limp Alistair MacLean adventure about an American narcotics agent (Taube) and a drug ring whose nastiest habit is getting rid of meddlers by hanging them from meathooks. Reeve's direction serves up spasmodic lumps of violence in lieu of suspense, and the one tolerable sequence - an extended speedboat chase through the canals - was contributed by Don Sharp.Author: TM
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Posted on Jan 23 2010 13:12
Superior stylized 70's thriller, worthy of rediscovery,
typically overlooked by Time Out reviewer - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Geoffrey Reeve
Producer: Kurt Unger
Cast: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen, Vladek Sheybal, Ania Marson full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 98 mins
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