Our Man in Jamaica

Our Man in Jamaica
Original film poster
Directed by	Mel Welles
Written by	Karl Heinz Vogelmann, Antonio del Amo
Produced by	Antonio del Amo, Ernst R. von Theumer [de]
Starring	Larry Pennell Brad Harris
Cinematography	Juan Mariné, Aldo Ricci
Edited by	Daniele Alabiso and María Luisa Soriano
Music by	Marcello Giombini
Release date	September 4, 1965 (1965-09-04)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Our Man in Jamaica/Operation Jamaica (Italian: A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles.[1] It was credited to Ernst R. von Theumer [de] for reasons of European funding.[2]

Plot

Agent 001 Ken Stewart is sent to Jamaica to locate the missing Agent 009 who vanished investigating an arms smuggling operation. After two of Stewart's friends are found dead of electrocution, 001's investigation leads him to an expatriate American criminal who was sentenced to the electric chair but escaped from prison. Seeking revenge, he assembles an army of terrorists based on an island seven miles from Jamaica called Dominica. His arms smuggling is the beginning of a scheme to attack the United States with the aid of Red China and Cuba. The film was made during the April Revolution and Foreign Intervention in the Dominican Republic.

Cast

• Larry Pennell ... Agent 001 Ken Stewart (credited as Alessandro Pennelli)
• Margitta Scherr ... Jane Peacock
• Wolfgang Kieling... Elmer Hayes/Nick
• Brad Harris ... Captain Mike Jefferson
• Barbara Valentin ... Gloria
• Linda Sini ... Signora Cervantes
• John Bartha ... Ship's captain
• Ralph Baldwin ... Gil
• Nando Angelini ... Bar thug
• Rolf Lüder ... Agent 009 Larry Peacock
• Robert Camardiel ... Bar owner
• Christine Schuberth ... Duped girlfriend
• Donald Anderson ... Jamaican Gun Runner #1

Soundtrack

Music by Marcello Giombini

• Un Uomo Come Te

Performed by Maria Cristina Landi

• Io Lo

Performed by Maria Cristina Landi

Bibliography

• Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.

Notes

1. Blake, Deal, p.191
2. p.274 Paul, Louis Mel Welles Interview Tales from the cult film trenches: interviews with 36 actors from horror, science fiction and exploitation cinema McFarland, 06/09/2007

External links

• A 001, operazione Giamaica at IMDb