Puppet on a Chain (film)
Encyclopedia
Puppet on a Chain is a 1971 British
thriller film directed by Geoffrey Reeve
and starring Sven-Bertil Taube
, Barbara Parkins
and Alexander Knox
. It is based on the novel Puppet on a Chain
by Alastair MacLean. An American agent goes to Amsterdam
to break up gangs smuggling drugs out of the city.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
thriller film directed by Geoffrey Reeve
Geoffrey Reeve
-Credits as director:*Puppet on a Chain *Caravan to Vaccares *Souvenir *The Way to Dusty Death *Shadow Run -External links:...
and starring Sven-Bertil Taube
Sven-Bertil Taube
Sven-Bertil G. E. Taube is a Swedish singer and actor. Born in Stockholm, he is the son of songwriter Evert Taube and sculptor Astri Bergman Taube.-Biography:...
, Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins is a Canadian television and film actress.-Early life and rise to stardom:Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the age of sixteen, she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled at Hollywood High School and began to study acting, tap, ballet, and...
and Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and author of adventure novels set in the Great Lakes area during the 19th century.-Biography:...
. It is based on the novel Puppet on a Chain
Puppet on a Chain
Puppet on a Chain is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Originally published in 1969, it is set in the late 1960's narcotics underworld of Amsterdam and other locations in the Netherlands.-Plot introduction:...
by Alastair MacLean. An American agent goes to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
to break up gangs smuggling drugs out of the city.
Cast
- Sven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil G. E. Taube is a Swedish singer and actor. Born in Stockholm, he is the son of songwriter Evert Taube and sculptor Astri Bergman Taube.-Biography:...
... Paul Sherman - Barbara ParkinsBarbara ParkinsBarbara Parkins is a Canadian television and film actress.-Early life and rise to stardom:Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the age of sixteen, she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled at Hollywood High School and began to study acting, tap, ballet, and...
... Maggie - Alexander KnoxAlexander KnoxAlexander Knox was a Canadian actor and author of adventure novels set in the Great Lakes area during the 19th century.-Biography:...
... Col. De Graaf - Patrick AllenPatrick AllenJohn Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
... Insp. Van Gelder - Vladek SheybalVladek SheybalVladek Sheybal , born Władysław Sheybal, was a Polish character actor, whose career lasted from the 1950s into the 1980s. He was probably best known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love, a role for which he had been personally...
... Meegeren - Ania MarsonAnia MarsonAnia Marson , in Gdynia, is an English and Polish Actress.-Biography:She was trained at the famed Corona Stage Academy and began her career in 1963 in the famous series Dixon of Dock Green, then in 1960, in other series like The Troubleshooters in 1968 and "Detective" in 1969...
... Astrid Lemay - Penny Casdagli ... Trudi
- Peter Hutchins ... The Assassin
- Drewe HenleyDrewe HenleyDrewe Henley is a British actor. He had a variety of roles in film, television and theatre including as Red X-Wing Squadron Leader Garven Dreis in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He retired from acting due to manic depression, from which he has since recovered...
... Jimmy Duclos - Henni Orri ... Herta
- Stewart Lane ... George Lemay
- Mark Malicz ... Morgenstern
- Michael Mellinger ... Hotel Manager