The Beckett Affair (1966)
aka L'affare Beckett
aka La jungle des tueurs
Genre: Eurospy
Country: France | Italy | Director: Osvaldo Civirani
Language: English | Subtitles: None
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 |Length: 88mn
Vhsrip Xvid Avi - 640x480 - 29.970fps - 896mb
Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head of a clandestine organization which proclaims itself anti-Castroist, is playing a double game at the expense of the United States. He first tries to make contact with Ms Beckett, who should tell him. Segura's intentíons, but the woman is found killed. Subsequently, Rogerson, another American, presents Cooper to Segura himself and so Rod can enter his organization. Here he discovers that the colonel tries to attract a certain number of Americans to use them in an attack against the president of a state of southern America and thus promote communist expansion. Segura soon discovers Rod's real identity and tries to get rid of him; but the agent manages to reverse the situation and kills Segura in a shoot-out.
Here's a good, serious political thriller with a great soundtrack starring unsung spy stalwart Lang Jeffries. Jeffries fits the bill as a rather dour but confident espionage agent and his films are worth seeking out. Nora Orlandi's soundtrack is quintessential sixties spy pop worth the price of admission. The plot seems a bit complex as it unravels but as Jeffries says `Politics are full of mysteries' and director Osvaldo Civirani keeps us guessing right along with the good guys. This one's a winner.
The Beckett Affair (1966)
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