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Code Name: Diamond Head
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Wikipedia article
'Code Name: Diamond Head' is a 1977 American spy film starring Roy Thinnes[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7027ef04 BFI] as an undercover counterintelligence officer known as Diamond Head whose mission is to stop a rogue double agent from stealing the formula for a new chemical weapon.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/462501/code-name-diamond-head Turner Classic Movies] Originally filmed as a pilot for a new television drama (which was never picked up by the networks), it was eventually used for 'The NBC Monday Movie' on U.S. broadcast network NBC.
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Plot
Johnny Paul (Thinnes) is a flashy gambler and ladies' man living on Oahu. In reality, he is an agent working for a secret US government agency. He is assigned to a mission to stop the theft of a deadly new gas, which has the potential to cause instant death upon contact. The substance was being secretly created by a top battalion of Marines at the request of a Pentagon official. However, a double agent had infiltrated the unit, killed the executive, and assumed his identity. Paul uses his image to get close to the double agent, who is known by the pseudonym "Tree". However, once his cover is blown, it's a race against time to stop Tree from selling the secrets to an unnamed foreign power.
Cast
* Roy Thinnes as Johnny Paul / "Diamond Head"
* France Nuyen as Tso-Tsing
* Gilbert Lani Kauhi as Zulu
* Ward Costello as Captain Macintosh
* Don Knight as H.K. Muldoon
* Ian McShane as Sean Donovan / "Tree"
* Eric Braeden as Ernest Graeber
* Dennis Patrick as Commander Yarnell
* Alex Henteloff as Dr. Edward Sherman
* Eric Christmas as Father Murphy
[https://www.tvguide.com/movies/code-name-diamond-head/cast/2000031203 TV Guide]
Reception and legacy
The film was featured in a season six episode of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'.[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0769350/ Said MST3K episode on IMDb]
Home media
The film is currently available only in VHS format. The Mystery Science Theater version was released in DVD format on March 27, 2012 as part of the 23rd boxset of the series.[https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/mst3k-volume-xxiii?product_id=1545 MST3K: Volume XXIII - DVD - Shout! Factory]References
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