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1967 Italy, Spain, West Germany film
Scorpions and Miniskirts
Spanish film poster
Directed byRamón Comas
Written byKeith Luger
José Luis Madrid
Chris Chatterley
Ramón Comas
Produced byPier A. Caminnecci
Adrian Hoven
StarringAdrian Hoven
Barth Warren
CinematographyEloy Mella
Music byPiero Umiliani
Jerry van Rooyen (German version)
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time99 minutes
CountriesItaly, Spain, West Germany

Scorpions and Miniskirts or Chinos y minifaldas or Death on a Rainy Day is a 1967 Italian/Spanish/West German international co-production Eurospy comedy action martial arts film shot in New York, Hong Kong, Paris and in studios in Rome and Madrid. Directed by Ramón Comas, the film stars Adrian Hoven who co-produced the film with his partner Pier Andrea Caminneci in the second film of their Aquila Film Enterprises. The film also stars Barth Warren in his film debut and George Wang; a Chinese actor playing an Oriental mastermind. The film was written by Keith Luger, the pen name of prolific Spanish pulp fiction Michael Oliveros Tovar (1924–1985); the film being his first screenplay.

Plot

A Kommissar X type pair of French secret agents from the Strategic Investigation Bureau investigate the death of an agent in Hong Kong who sent a bottle of perfume to Paris. The pair uncover a plot by Dr. Kung, a Fu Manchu type Chinese mastermind and his secret society of the Red Scorpion. Dr Kung seeks to start a third world war by injecting the brain of the United States Secretary of Defense with RNA that will cause him to do Dr. Kung's bidding.

Cast

References

  1. Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Luminary Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1887664523.

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