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Thursday, June 28, 2018

I Deal In Danger (1966)

During WWII, an American spy (Robert Goulet) infiltrates the German High Command by pretending to be a traitor. His mission is to thwart and undermine the Nazis while pretending to be a collaborator. Directed by Walter Grauman (LADY IN A CAGE). This film is actually cobbled together from four episodes of the unsuccessful TV series BLUE LIGHT which starred Robert Goulet and pieced to make a feature length movie. It isn't seamless because there are two distinct plot lines and as soon as one ends, another one begins. Still, the production values are high (it was shot in Bavaria, Germany) and although this is a 20th Century Fox film, Universal was making films during this period that looked like TV movies although they were shot for cinema showings and I DEAL IN DANGER looks no better or worse. The first portion of the film is stronger as it involves a Nazi official (Werner Peters) who suspects Goulet is a double agent. The weaker second portion concentrates on a plot to blow up a German weapons factory. I'm not much on war movies and while this is no WHERE EAGLES DARE, it's modestly enjoyable. With Christine Carere (A CERTAIN SMILE), John Van Dreelen, Donald Harron and Horst Frank. 

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