A Man Called Dagger
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A Man Called Dagger
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Armed with the latest in high-tech gadgetry, a spy attempts to bring in a mad Nazi war-criminal determined to conquer the world by brainwashing powerful leaders. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviCast
- Terry Moore - Harper Davis
- Jan Murray - Rudolph Koffman
- Sue Ane Langdon - Ingrid
- Paul Mantee - Dick Dagger
- Eileen O'Neill - Erica
Credit
Michael McCloskey - Art Director, Richard Rush - Director, Tom Boutross - Editor, Len Miller - Editor, Steve Allen - Composer (Music Score), Ronald Stein - Musical Direction/Supervision, Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer, Gary Kent - Special Effects| A Man Called Adam (1966 Film), A Man Betrayed (1941 Film) | |
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A Man Called Dagger
| A Man Called Dagger | |
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 Film poster by Frank McCarthy |
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| Directed by | Richard Rush |
| Produced by | Lewis M. Horwitz |
| Screenplay by | Leighton J. Peatman Robert S. Weekley |
| Music by | Steve Allen Ronald Stein (arranger) |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Studio | Global Screen Associates |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
A Man Called Dagger (1967) is a low-budget spy film that was the first collaboration between director Richard Rush, cinematographer László Kovács and stuntman Gary Warner Kent (who also did the film's special effects[1]).
It was filmed in 1966 by Lew Horwitz's Global Screen Associates (GSA) under the title Why Spy?. The film was originally intended to have been released by Mike Ripps' Cinema Distributors of America (CDA) in September 1966. [2] When GSA and CDA's partnership collpased, the film was picked up by MGM and released a year later.[3]
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Plot
Secret Agents Dick Dagger and Harper Davis are on the trail of former SS Colonel Rudolph Koffman using a meat packing plant as his secret lair.
Cast
- Paul Mantee as Dick Dagger
- Jan Murray as Rudolph Koffman
- Terry Moore as Harper Davis
- Maureen Arthur as Ingrid
- Richard Kiel as Otto
- Eileen O'Neill as Erica
- Sue Ane Langdon
- Bruno VeSota as Dr. Grulik
- Mimi Dillard as Melissa
- Leonard Stone as Karl Rainer
Score
Steve Allen composed the film's score with Ronald Stein arranging and conducting it. Maureen Arthur sang Buddy Kaye's lyrics to Steve Allen's title song for the film.
Deleted scenes
Sue Ane Langdon recalled two scenes that did not make the final print. One was a West Highland White Terrier whose fur was dyed to match Miss Langdon's hair in the film. When she toured with the dog, people thought the fur colouring was hurting the dog. As a result the dog's scenes were cut. She also recalled scenes of people hanging on meat hooks that was cut.[4]
References
- ^ p.125 Albright, Brian Wild beyond belief!: interviews with exploitation filmmakers of the 1960s 2008 McFarland
- ^ http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=82554
- ^ p. 20 Lisanti, Tom & Paul Louis Film fatales: women in espionage films and television, 1962-1973 2002 McFarland
- ^ p. 173 Lisanti, Tom and Paul, Louis Film fatales: women in espionage films and television, 1962-1973 2002 McFarland
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