Con la muerte a la espalda (1967)
Directed by Alfonso Balcázar

Adventure
aka: With Death on Your Back

Film Synopsis

Electra is the head of a powerful criminal organisation that has acquired a compound which can turn an ordinary man into a wild animal.  It is a valuable weapon which he intends selling to the Chinese for a substantial fee, but as he arranges this business transaction the Americans and the Russians are already working on an antidote.  The man who comes up with the antidote is Professor Roland, but before his paymasters can make use of his research his assistant Monica is abducted, along with the suitcase that contains the one thing that can thwart Electra's evil scheme...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Alfonso Balcázar
  • Script: Giovanni Simonelli, Alfonso Balcázar, José Antonio de la Loma
  • Cinematographer: Víctor Monreal
  • Music: Claude Bolling
  • Cast: George Martin (Gary), Vivi Bach (Monica), Daniele Vargas (Electra), Rosalba Neri (Silvana), Gérard Landry (The Commissioner), Klausjürgen Wussow, Michel Montfort, María Badmajew, Georges Chamarat, Ignazio Leone, Robert Party
  • Country: Spain / France / Italy
  • Language: Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: With Death on Your Back

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