Senta Berger

The banking industry in Switzerland is famous for maintaining secret numbered accounts, offering an ideal place to hide illicit funds of international criminals due to the privacy laws of the Swiss banks. Recently, however, Hurtil Bank, in Zurich, Switzerland, has received anonymous letters threatening to expose the names of depositors unless the bank pays ten million Swiss francs. Additionally, blackmail letters, asking for one million francs each, have been sent to five Hurtil account holders: Denise Abbott (Senta Burger), an attractive European socialite; Robert Hayes (John Saxon), a gangster from Chicago, Illinois; Dwight McGowan (John Ireland), a rich, corrupt businessman from Texas; Mr. Kosta (Curt Lowens) a businessman based in Amsterdam, Holland; and Mr. Rascha, an arms dealer, who was mysteriously murdered in a restaurant after receiving his letter. In an effort to avoid scandal and police involvement, bank president, Johann Hurtil (Ray Milland), hires American David Christopher (David Janssen) to investigate. Christopher, a former U.S. Justice Department official, runs an international consulting firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. During his initial meeting with Hurtil, Christopher is introduced to Denise, who mentions that the criminals must know she does not have a million francs, if they have access to her account. While at the bank, Christopher also encounters Hayes, who recently arrived in Zurich to confront Hurtil and vice-president Franz Benninger (Anton Diffring) about the blackmail. Upon learning Christopher has been entrusted with the case, Hayes is furious since Christopher was responsible for prosecuting him and his mafia associates in the U.S. Later, Christopher is en route to meet Denise at her hotel when Hayes tries to shoot him, but Christopher defends himself and exchanges blows with the gangster. Hayes flees, just before Captain Heinz Frey of the Swiss police arrives on the scene. As manager of Zurich's Federal Bank Detail, Frey is curious about Christopher's business with Hurtil, but the consultant remains guarded about the investigation. During his appointment with Denise that evening, Christopher learns that she had a love affair with Lord James Ashwood, a prominent British politician. If her Swiss account is compromised, Denise fears the romance will be exposed, causing a scandal for Ashwood and his family. Meanwhile, Robert Hayes is murdered by two assassins, and Frey and Christopher discover the body later that night. The following day Christopher's assistant, Connie, provides background profiles on the five account holders and reports that Hurtil and Benninger appear to be clear of any wrongdoing. Next, Christopher interviews McGowan, who states that he was careful not to share his Swiss account with anyone and cannot afford another setback since the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is investigating him for tax evasion. Back at the bank, Hurtil reads Christopher the final instructions from the blackmailers. Christopher and the three remaining blackmailed clients must deliver uncut diamonds worth 14 million francs to a location in Interlaken, Switzerland. Since the situation is more dangerous in the wake of two murders, Hurtil agrees to pay the entire ten million demanded from the bank, and the one million demanded from each of the five account holders. During the meeting, Kosta is present, and Christopher asks the Dutchman why a blackmailer would be interested in him, but Kosta does not have an answer. Later, Christopher succumbs to Denise's charm and spends the night with her. As the investigation continues, he suspects Franz Benninger and his girl friend, Rita Jensen, might be the blackmailers, after Christopher notices the vice-president furtively handing a portfolio to Jensen outside the bank. However, Christopher and Hurtil soon learn Benninger is innocent and can only be blamed for surreptitiously helping Rita access her deceased father's account for which she did not have documentation. With Benninger absolved, Christopher pursues another lead and informs Hurtil that he is flying out of town, but will return tomorrow, in time to comply with the blackmailer's instructions. At the airport, Christopher discloses details about the investigation to Frey, and the policeman grants him 24 hours to settle the case before he alerts Swiss authorities. Arriving back in Zurich the following day, Christopher is given a bag of uncut diamonds from Hurtil, then travels to Interlaken, accompanied by Kosta, Denise, and McGowan. There, the group receives further instructions from the blackmailer to board a steam train, but McGowan says he feels unwell and must return to his hotel. After the train ride up the mountain, Christopher, Kosta, and Denise are told by the conductor to proceed to the ski lift platform where an anonymous telephone caller orders Christopher to take the diamonds to the peak while Kosta and Denise remain below, in plain sight. However, Kosta offers to deliver the ransom instead, stating that he is more valuable to the blackmailers and, therefore, less likely to be killed. Christopher consents, and Kosta departs with the diamonds. Suddenly, Christopher changes his mind and follows Kosta, while pulling Denise onto the chair lift with him. Meanwhile, Frey and his men are en route to Interlaken to provide support for Christopher. During the ride on the ski lift, Christopher confronts Denise, revealing that he flew to London, England, yesterday to interview Lord Ashwood, who disclosed that she has been blackmailing him ever since the politician ended their affair. Christopher declares that Denise's talent as a mistress of wealthy men is the link between Kosta, McGowan, Rascha, and Hayes, and, together, the five of them organized the blackmail. He also blames her for the deaths of Hayes and Rascha. Elsewhere, McGowan does not return to Zurich and instead takes a helicopter to the top of the ski lift where he waits for the arrival of the diamonds. As soon as Kosta reaches the top, McGowan betrays his accomplice, shooting the Dutchman dead. McGowan tries to escape with the diamonds in the helicopter, but Christopher disables the tail rotor with a gunshot, then kills McGowan. After Christopher retrieves the diamonds from the snow, Denise attempts to charm him and acquire the precious stones, but he is no longer deceived by her cunning. When Denise aims a gun at him, Christopher outwits her, just as Frey arrives to apprehend the socialite.

Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer. Without a doubt, there's a mole in the secret Intelligence and Counter Espionage agency. Right after the successful launch of the first state-of-the-art USAF flying saucer, the powerful tractor beam of a nefarious criminal organisation forces the experimental vessel to crash-land in the lush Central-American jungles. As a result, having no recollection of the mysterious incident, the amnesiac test pilot, Sheila Sommers, will have to join forces with the spy extraordinaire and suave photographer, Matt Helm, and travel to sun-kissed Acapulco to shed light on this thorny case. Nevertheless, their luxurious Mexican resort is rife with deadly traps and crafty double-agents, bent on stopping the prying intruders. Will Matt and Sheila unearth the dangerous conspiracy? Can they retrieve the top-secret spacecraft? —Nick Riganas A flying saucer, built by the U.S. Air Force and powered through electromotive forces, is launched into space on a top secret test flight. Shortly after it attains a position in space, strange tractor beams are aimed at it that drag it slowly bring it down to a spot in the lush jungles near Acapulco. There must be a mole in the secret Intelligence and Counter Espionage agency (ICE). The test pilot, Shiela Sommers is recovered but is suffering from amnesia, most unresponsive. That changes as soon as Matt Helm, spy extraordinaire and suave photographer, is sent by his boss MacDonald to visit her. A past assignment, in which they posed as a married couple, instantly snaps her out of the memory loss has her believing that they are once again married. Matt Helm and Shiela travel to sun-kissed Acapulco to shed light on this thorny case. The luxurious Mexican resort is rife with deadly traps and crafty double-agents, bent on stopping the prying intruders. Their targets are exiled ruler, Ortega, and his henchman Quintana. Quintana's Ole brewery plant becomes a focus of action. Interfering initially is foreign agent Francesca Madeiros. Eventually, they agree to cooperate. Most anxious to get his hands on the saucer is an Arab agent/assassin named Nassim. He fails to realize that the electromotive forces used to propel the saucer are fatal to men. That's why the initial test flight was piloted by Shiela. —Garon Smith A government space saucer is hijacked mid-flight by a powerful laser beam. ICE sends agent Matt Helm to Acapulco with and the female pilot, Sheila Sommars, to recover the saucer, under the guise of Matt taking fashion photographs of beautiful models. Matt is temporarily side-tracked, falling prey to the seductive charms of enemy agent Franceca Madeiros. —<slaygirl@sexydeath.com> A flying saucer built by the U.S. government is launched into space on a top secret test flight. Sheila Sommars is the pilot chosen and all goes well until she is found a few months later in a state of shock. Agent Matt Helm is then assigned to find the saucer, with Sheila posing as his wife. When he gets to Mexico, he must not only deal with the exiled ruler, Ortega and his henchman Quintana, but with enemy agent Fracesca Madeiros and an Arab agent/assassin named Nassim. —Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts. During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who massacred soldiers and civilians in New Mexico. —scgary66 In 1864, the Apache warriors led by Sierra Charriba slaughter a Union troop of soldiers and a family of settlers. They abduct their three sons and flee to Mexico. Major Amos Charles Dundee, who was disgraced at the Battle of Gettysburg and sent to a POW outpost in New Mexico, decides to hunt down Sierra Charriba and his Apache seeking for glory. He recruits an army of Confederate prisoners-of-war, black soldiers, a reverend that knows the boys and outcast people (thieves, drunken etc.) and chases the Apache group seeking also revenge, crossing illegally the border with Mexico. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1864. After one of his patrols is massacred and some children kidnapped, the commander of the local garrison, Major Dundee, sets out to hunt down the Apaches responsible. He has limited resources so recruits some unlikely allies: Confederate prisoners of war and local civilians. The Confederate commander and Dundee go way back and don't see eye-to-eye. Fighting the Apaches might not be Dundee's greatest concern. —grantss In 1864 Major Amos Dundee leads his troops into Mexico after a group of renegade Apache Indians, led by Sierra Chariba. On a recent raid, they kidnapped some young boys and Dundee is committed to retrieving them. His own Union troops are supplemented by Confederate prisoners of war. Led by Lt. Benjamin Tyree - he and Dundee were once friends - he gives his word that he will follow Dundee's orders until Chariba is caught. Over the course of several months, Dundee and his men not only have to fight the Apaches but also French troops. As the mission continues, tensions rise between the Union and Confederate troops leading to a final confrontation with their foe. —garykmcd