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)