Countdown to Doomsday (film)

Countdown to Doomsday
Directed by	Marcello Baldi
Written by	Marcello Baldi Lionello De Felice [it] Giovanni Simonelli [it] Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Starring	George Ardisson Pascale Audret
Cinematography	Victor Monreal
Music by	Claude Bolling
Release dates	9 September 1966 (1966-09-09) (West Germany) October 1966 (1966-10) (Italy) 28 June 1967 (1967-06-28) (France)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Italy France West Germany
Language	Italian

Countdown to Doomsday (German: Fünf vor 12 in Caracas, Italian: Inferno a Caracas, French: Ça casse à Caracas) is a 1966 West German-Italian-French Eurospy film written and directed by Marcello Baldi and starring George Ardisson.[1][2] It was the last spy film of Ardisson.[2] The film was a box office disappointment.[2]

Plot

A Private Detective is hired by a rich oil baron to find his kidnapped Daughter. After many encounters with local gangsters, Jeff Merlin finds the girl strapped to a bomb.

Cast

• George Ardisson as Jeff Milton
• Pascale Audret as Florence
• Christa Linder as Helen Remington
• Luciana Angiolillo as Mrs. Violet Watson
• Harald Leipnitz as Alan Shepperton
• Horst Frank as Dr. Soarez
• Patrick Bernhard as Kidnapper
• Sal Borgese as Second Kidnapper
• María Julia Díaz as Dolores del Santos
• Marion Grant as Gloria
• Josep Castillo Escalona [de; ca] as Inspector Saban

References

1. Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-593-5.
2. Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana (in Italian). Milan: Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.

External links

• Countdown to Doomsday at IMDb