Puppet on a Chain

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Puppet on a Chain

PG,

1972,

1h 37m,

Mystery & Thriller

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67%

6 Reviews

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32%

50+ Ratings

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6 Reviews

32%

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American DEA officer Paul Sherman (Sven-Bertil Taube) is looking into a group of drug dealers in Amsterdam. As Paul uncovers information about the drug ring with his partner, Maggie (Barbara Parkins), the two are led to a compound on an island that looks to be ground zero for the operation. Trying to gain access to this fortress, though, proves difficult as the American officers find the drug runners may be linked with an occult religious sect that runs the place.

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Myles Standish

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

May 27, 2022

There is a speedboat chase through the narrow canals of Amsterdam, Holland, which is the most hair-raising since those superb chases in Bullitt and The French Connection.

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Margaret Hinxman

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jun 8, 2020

Speedy and silly, splendidly set in Amsterdam, with a chilling motorboat chase through the canals directed by Don Sharp.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

1.5/4

[The characters] would not know how to operate an alarm clock if you gave them one, but they can defuse bombs and drive speedboats. And they devote their lives to doing things in illogical ways.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 9, 2024

4/5

...feels both generic and authentic, written while MacLean still had a knack for story and theme, but hadn’t yet diluted his own experience with silly and extravagant plots...

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 31, 2020

7/10

Boasts a spectacularly lengthy boat chase sequence - the finest orchestrated up to the '70s, and one for which this film would be best remembered.

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Robert Sullivan

Los Angeles Free Press

Jan 8, 2020

There's no real character development, most of the action scenes are unimaginative, and parts of the plot are mechanical and trite.

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Draco L

Jan 30, 2019

As good as the book.

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Geoffrey Reeve

Director

Sven-Bertil Taube

Paul Sherman

Barbara Parkins

Maggie

Alexander Knox

Col. De Graaf

Patrick Allen

Inspector Van Gelder

Vladek Sheybal

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Synopsis

American DEA officer Paul Sherman (Sven-Bertil Taube) is looking into a group of drug dealers in Amsterdam. As Paul uncovers information about the drug ring with his partner, Maggie (Barbara Parkins), the two are led to a compound on an island that looks to be ground zero for the operation. Trying to gain access to this fortress, though, proves difficult as the American officers find the drug runners may be linked with an occult religious sect that runs the place.

Director: Geoffrey Reeve
Producer: Kurt Unger
Screenwriter: Alistair MacLean, Paul Wheeler, Don Sharp
Production Co: Big City Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Mar 20, 2012
Runtime: 1h 37m

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