| Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 | |
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_American_poster.jpg) Original American release film poster | |
| Directed by | André Hunebelle |
| Screenplay by | Pierre Foucaud Jean Halain André Hunebelle |
| Story by | Jean Bruce |
| Produced by | Paul Cadéac |
| Starring | Frederick Stafford Mylène Demongeot Raymond Pellegrin |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Music by | Michel Magne |
Production companies | Da.Ma. Cinematografica Production Artistique Cinématographique Produzioni Cinematografiche Mediterrannee |
| Distributed by | Valoria Films |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $20.1 million[1] |
Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (released in the United States as OSS 117–Mission for a Killer) is a 1965 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was the third OSS 117 film directed by André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac. Frederick Stafford made his film debut taking over the role of OSS 117 from Kerwin Mathews.
The film was shot on Brazilian locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by Paul-Louis Boutié. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1955 novel Dernier quart d'heure his 44th OSS 117 book that was published in English in 1965 under the title Live Wire (UK) and The Last Quarter Hour (USA). The American edition featured commentary by Pierre Salinger, who was acquainted with Josette Bruce, Jean Bruce's widow.[2] Josette would take up writing OSS 117 novels in 1966.
- ^ "Furia a Bahia pour OSS 117 (1965) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Raretés et curiosités". oss117.org. Archived from the original on 2010-08-27.