Death Trip (German: Kommissar X: Drei grüne Hunde) is a 1967 Eurospy film written, co-produced and co-directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and Gianfranco Parolini. It was a West German-Italian-French co-production with further co-producers in Lebanon and Hungary. Filmed in Turkey, it stars Tony Kendall and Brad Harris. It is the fourth of seven films, loosely based on the Kommissar X detective novel series from the Pabel Moewig publishing house.
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Plot
New York Police Department Captain Rowland travels to Istanbul to deliver a shipment of LSD to be used by the American armed forces stationed in Turkey for undisclosed purposes. When the shipment is stolen by a local and ancient criminal organisation known as "the Green Hounds", Rowland teams up with private eye Joe Walker to recover the shipment.
Production
It was a West German-Italian-French co-production with further co-producers in Lebanon and Hungary. Filmed in Turkey, it stars Tony Kendall and Brad Harris. It is the fourth of seven films, loosely based on the Kommissar X novels from the Pabel Moewig publishing house.
Release
Death Trip was released in Paris, France as Chasse à l'homme à Ceylan on March 15, 1967. This was followed by screening in Germany on April 7, 1967.
It was released on home video in the United States as Death Trip.