Death on the Run

Death on the Run (Italian: Bersaglio mobile), also known as Moving Target, is a 1967 Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Filmed in Athens, it was referred as a film directed with "whip-along style and dubious sense of humour". Plot A handcuffed Jason (Ty Hardin) is flown into Athens airport where Inspector Starkis (Ferdinando Poggi) is waiting for him but manages to escape, unaware that he is being helped by the Bulgarian Demetrius (Remo De Angelis). While searching for his friend Pizza (Vittorio Caprioli) at the Gold Star club, Jason is kidnapped by Demetrius, photographed next to a dead woman, and blackmailed into working for him. Jason infiltrates a prison and removes a tooth from a corpse but then double crosses the Bulgarian and takes refuge in a bar. There he phones Pizza but the phone is bugged by both the police and the mysterious Albanian (Gordon Mitchell), who sends two gunmen to kill him - Jason escapes and the gunmen are shot by the police. Major Worthington Clark (Michael Rennie), a British agent cooperating with the local police, meets his colleague Lloyd (Giulio Coltelacci), and they agree to monitor Jason's activities but that he should be killed if necessary. Jason arranges to meet Pizza, but is intercepted by the Albanian and his henchmen, who are in turn attacked by the Bulgarian and the police. A gun battle ensues, but only minor henchmen are killed and the main players escape. Jason finally makes contact with Pizza and gives him the tooth for safekeeping, asking that he also creates a fake tooth in case it's necessary. He is advised to contact a tour guide at the Parthenon, but the informant is killed by the Albanian, who then chases Jason through the streets of Athens. The police try to trap Jason by retracting a bridge, but Jason jumps the gap successfully - unlike the Albanian who has to swim to safety.