A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 22, 1966
Original Title:
Agent 505 - Todesfalle Beirut
Alternate Titles:
Baroud à Beyrouth
Rififi in Beirut
Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller
Production Companies:
Compagnie Lyonnaise de Cinéma
Metheus Film
Rapid Film
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18
Runtime: 93
A couple of beautiful girls are murdered while sunbathing at a luxury hotel. The killer too is murdered, but able to reveal – before dying - that they were disposed of because the “knew too much”. Something bad is being planned in Beirut, and it has something to do with a man called The Sheikh, who has only four fingers. It seems this isn’t a lone incident. The Sheikh is also thought to be behind the assassination of several prominent scientists.
Art Direction:
Maurice L'Abbaye-Finicovi
Cinematography:
Rolf Kästel
Director:
Manfred R. Köhler
Editor:
Waltraut Lindenau
Music:
Ennio Morricone
Producer:
Mario Siciliano
Wolf C. Hartwig
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