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A vacationing private eye stumbles into bombings, brainwashed women, and radioactive gold in Eurospy style.

KISS KISS, KILL KILL

Together they might save the world... if they don’t kill each other first.

1966 · 1h 32m · NR · Crime / Mystery / Thriller · IMDB TMDB

Tony and Brad investigate the murders of politicians and scientists. They soon face off against a team of super hit women with their usual flair.

Quick Answer

What is Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill about?

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill is a 1966 Germany-Italy-Serbia crime, mystery, and thriller film directed by Gianfranco Parolini about an American private investigator who becomes embroiled in a dangerous case involving bombings, missing scientists, and secret criminal schemes while on vacation in Europe.

Programmer's Pick

If you like your crime thrillers bathed in Eurospy attitude, Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill supplies vacationing detectives, brainwashed femme fatales, and criminal masterminds by the yacht-load. Tony Kendall and Brad Harris’s two-man army approach brings buddy-cop chemistry to continental danger.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill sets American private investigator Joe Walker on what should be a relaxing European getaway, only to land him in the middle of bombings, clandestine meetings, and deadly intrigue. After a mysterious woman hires Walker to find a nuclear scientist and promptly disappears, the trail leads him through a web of murder and fear. NYPD Captain Tom Rowland teams up with Walker as the pair navigate a landscape of murdered contacts, cryptic clues, and mounting danger. Channeling the spirit of pulp detective and Eurospy adventures, the film delivers a cocktail of crime, espionage, and stylized intrigue amid a swirl of alluring and perilous characters.

Details & Specs

Director
Gianfranco Parolini
Writers
Paul Alfred Müller, Gianfranco Parolini, Giovanni Simonelli, Theo Maria Werner
Release
1966
Runtime
1h 32m
Country
Germany, Italy, Serbia
Language
German
Also Known As
Le commissaire X traque les chiens verts, 12 Golden Women, Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill, Original title: Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt

Why This Matters

This film launched a seven-movie Eurospy series starring Tony Kendall and Brad Harris, adapting stories from the German Kommissar X detective novels and featuring Gianfranco Parolini as both writer-director and lyricist for its theme.
— SassyFlix Curator

Why Cult

Eurospy Flair

This is a German-Italian-Serbian spin on the spy thriller, complete with exotic locations and pulpy gadgets.

Buddy Cop Comedy

The dynamic between Joe Walker and Captain Tom Rowland adds a dose of banter and teamwork amid the chaos.

Mad Scientist Schemes

Hypnotized women, a radioactive gold plot, and a secret island lair elevate the villain’s playbook.

Damsels & Doublecrosses

The story is laced with mysterious women, secret contacts, and double-crosses straight from the Eurocrime handbook.

Scene Gallery

Threat File

Trigger

Seeking a nuclear scientist and murders of businessmen

Threat

Mad scientist's irradiated gold and brainwashed guards

Effect

Murders, manipulation, and danger to investigators

Setting

European cities, secret island lair

Questions from the Vault

Who directed Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill? +

Gianfranco Parolini directed Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill.

How long is Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill? +

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill has a runtime of 92 minutes.

What genre is Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill? +

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill is a crime, mystery, and thriller film.

Where can I watch Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill? +

You can watch Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill on SassyFlix.

How are brainwashed women used in the film's plot? +

The antagonist uses brainwashed female guards as part of his scheme, with several women hypnotized or drugged to serve his plans.

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