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Bookmark this pageThe Swiss Conspiracy (1975)
Director: Jack Arnold
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From Time Out Film Guide
A monotonous, glossily vacuous co-production thriller that sends Janssen skidding through the scenic snow in the midst of an incomprehensible blackmail-and-murder plot involving five shadowy Zurich account-holders. Such farragos, along with stabs at softcore comedy and blaxploitation, were the dispiriting lot of veteran sci-fi/mutant movie auteur Arnold after the studio system fell apart. From the German side of the package, incidentally, comes Arthur Brauss, Wenders’ hangdog ‘Goalkeeper’, as a heavy.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Arnold
Producer: Red Silverstein, Helmut Jedele
Cast: David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Ireland, John Saxon, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Elke Sommer, Arthur Brauss full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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