This is the type of co production that flourished in Europe in the fifties. It was distributed in the UK by Associated British Pathe.
Given that this was filmed in East man colour one can only conjecture that this was meant to be a co feature of even top of the bill.
It stars Richard Greene with an extremely dodgy and fluctuating American accent.
The problem is that this is a thriller without the thrills. It moves at a snail's pace to its very predictable conclusion.
This marked the end of Richard Greene film career with the exception of Tales From The Crypt.,and his Robin Hood screen outing.
Game awaited with Robin Hood.
Plot summary
An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
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Lethargic thriller
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A slow-moving but engaging adventure story with Richard Greene as an FBI agent on the trail of a gang dealing in smuggling and counterfeit currency, responsible for the murder of his brother, and finding romance with a chanteuse, Anouk Aimee. The unusual backgrounds and colour photography, as well as avoidance in casting the usual suspects as villains, help mark this co-feature out from similar British crime films of the time. Not so the convention of the hero having to be an American and Richard Greene's accent fluctuates with every other line. In every other respect though Greene, who was to start his long-running stint as Robin Hood shortly after finishing this picture, makes an admirable hero, having something of the easy-going charm of Roger Moore.