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Scorpions and Miniskirts
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Wikipedia article
'Scorpions and Miniskirts' or 'Chinos y minifaldas' or 'Death on a Rainy Day' is a 1967 Italian/Spanish/West German international co-production Eurospy comedy action martial arts film shot in New York, Hong Kong, Paris and in studios in Rome and Madrid. Directed by Ramn Comas, the film stars Adrian Hoven who co-produced the film with his partner Pier Andrea Caminneci in the second film of their Aquila Film Enterprises. The film also stars Barth Warren in his film debut and George Wang; a Chinese actor playing an Oriental mastermind. The film was written by Keith Luger, the pen name of prolific Spanish pulp fiction Michael Oliveros Tovar (1924-1985); the film being his first screenplay.
Plot
A Kommissar X type pair of French secret agents from the Strategic Investigation Bureau investigate the death of an agent in Hong Kong who sent a bottle of perfume to Paris. The pair uncover a plot by Dr. Kung, a Fu Manchu type Chinese mastermind and his secret society of the Red Scorpion. Dr Kung seeks to start a third world war by injecting the brain of the United States Secretary of Defense with RNA that will cause him to do Dr. Kung's bidding.
Cast
*Adrian Hoven ... Paul Riviere
*Barth Warren ... Bruno Nussak
*Grard Landry ... Commander Fernion
*Teresa del Ro ... Sonia Bellford
*Claudia Gravy ... Shantung
*Lilia Neyung ... Leila Wong
*Karin Feddersen ... Franoise Moreau
* George Wang ... Dr. Kung
*Josyane Gibert ... Pamela
*Wolfgang Preiss ... Dr. Angus Cromwell
References
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