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 ⓘ
basedOn Puppet on a Chain (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Puppet on a Chain
characterPortrayed Paul Sherman ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jack Hildyard ⓘ
coDirector Don Sharp ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Geoffrey Reeve ⓘ
distributor Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ
editor John Glen ⓘ
filmingLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
genre thriller ⓘ
hasSourceAuthorRole Alistair MacLean as screenwriter ⓘ
mainCharacter Paul Sherman ⓘ
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 ⓘ
productionCompany Geoffrey Reeve Productions ⓘ
protagonistOccupation narcotics agent ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1969 ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter Alistair MacLean ⓘ
Paul Wheeler ⓘ
setInCountry Netherlands ⓘ
setInLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
sourceWorkGenre spy novel ⓘ
starredActor Alexander Knox ⓘ
Anouska Hempel ⓘ
Barbara Parkins ⓘ
Guy Deghy ⓘ
Patrick Allen ⓘ
Sven-Bertil Taube ⓘ
Vladek Sheybal ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1970s ⓘ

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Alistair MacLean → workAdaptedTo → Puppet on a Chain (1971 film) ⓘ
Puppet on a Chain → hasAdaptation → Puppet on a Chain (film) ⓘ
linked to: Puppet on a Chain (1971 film)