American Mark Jason is stranded in Southeast Asia and works there as a teacher. One day, he finds diamonds worth several million dollars in his apartment. Jason quickly succumbs to the temptation to keep the treasure stashed here by the previous tenant for himself rather than handing it in to the police. When his Asian servant, who witnessed Jason's find, is found murdered, the teacher comes under suspicion of having disposed of him. Now Jason has the local police on his tail after all, and he has to flee. The American is accompanied by his Asian girlfriend, Nhan Lee Quon. The local police inspector Gonsart is extremely keen to catch Jason and hunts him down without mercy.
Production
Genuine Southeast Asian locations, gorgeous and unflinching.
Acting
Daniel Emilfork's Inspector Gonsart: pure venomous obsession.
Director
Jürgen Roland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel by German thriller writer Louis Weinert-Wilton, whose pulp output was so prolific he used multiple pseudonyms to avoid flooding his own market.
This is peak 'Eurospy goes exotic' cinema — West German producers using cheap Asian locations and local extras to create faux-international thrillers for the European market, a template that dominated 1960s B-cinema.
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