Our Man in Jamaica

Our Man in Jamaica
Original film poster
Directed byMel Welles
Written byKarl Heinz Vogelmann,
Antonio del Amo
Produced byAntonio del Amo,
Ernst R. von Theumer [de]
StarringLarry Pennell
Brad Harris
CinematographyJuan Mariné, Aldo Ricci
Edited byDaniele Alabiso and María Luisa Soriano
Music byMarcello Giombini
Release date
  • September 4, 1965 (1965-09-04)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Our Man in Jamaica/Operation Jamaica (Italian: A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles.[1] It was credited to Ernst R. von Theumer [de] for reasons of European funding.[2]

Plot

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Agent 001 Ken Stewart is sent to Jamaica to locate the missing Agent 009 who vanished investigating an arms smuggling operation. After two of Stewart's friends are found dead of electrocution, 001's investigation leads him to an expatriate American criminal who was sentenced to the electric chair but escaped from prison. Seeking revenge, he assembles an army of terrorists based on an island seven miles from Jamaica called Dominica. His arms smuggling is the beginning of a scheme to attack the United States with the aid of Red China and Cuba. The film was made during the April Revolution and Foreign Intervention in the Dominican Republic.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Music by Marcello Giombini

  • Un Uomo Come Te

Performed by Maria Cristina Landi

  • Io Lo

Performed by Maria Cristina Landi

Bibliography

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  • Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.

Notes

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  1. ^ Blake, Deal, p.191
  2. ^ p.274 Paul, Louis Mel Welles Interview Tales from the cult film trenches: interviews with 36 actors from horror, science fiction and exploitation cinema McFarland, 06/09/2007
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