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Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut/Agent 505 - Todesfalle Beirut/From Beirut with Love is a 1966 West German/French/Italian international co-production Eurospy film shot in Lebanon. It was produced and directed by Manfred R. Köhler. The film stars Frederick Stafford in his second film and Renate Ewert in her final feature film.




Plot


Interpol Agent 505 Richard Blake battles a mysterious criminal known as "the Sheik" who plans to eliminate the population of Beirut by dropping radioactive mercury on the city under the guise of cloud seeding.




Cast


Frederick Stafford ... Richard Blake, Agent 505
Geneviève Cluny ... Denise Letienne
Chris Howland ... Bobby O'Toole
Harald Leipnitz ... Fred Köhler
Willy Birgel ... Omar Abdullah
Renate Ewert ... Room Maid
Gisella Arden ... Monique Köhler
Pierre Richard ... Inspector Bernard
Renato Lupi ... Anthony Leandros
Carla Calò ... Boss
Danny Taborra ... Police Director
Patrick Bernhard ... Thug




Soundtrack


The film was scored by Ennio Morricone. The film's score is divided into three different music styles; the film's intro sequence is heavy on brass instruments, while the remainder of the film is scored using both swing music and a combination of a guitar cue and flutes.




Analysis


The film was cited by author Derrick Bang as an example of a genre of spy movies derived from James Bond.




References






External links


Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut at IMDb
Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut at Variety Distribution

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• Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut
• Frederick Stafford
• Phoenicia Hotel Beirut
• Carla Calò
• Chris Howland
• Harald Leipnitz
• List of compositions by Ennio Morricone
• Wolf C. Hartwig
• Manfred R. Köhler
• Willy Birgel