Review of Puppet on a Chain (1970) by Gary T — 28 Mar 2015

WOW......WOW.......WOW......WOW.....BRILLIANT......AMAZING......FANTASTIC,.......GENIUS......SUPERB........man I have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a great movie 2 watch......its got a good cast of actors/actresses throughout this movie.......I think that sven bertil taube, Barbara parkins, alexander knox (.R.I.P.), Patrick allen (.R.I.P.), vladek sheybal (.R.I.P.), ania marson, play good roles/parts throughout this movie.......I think that the director of this action/adventure/mystery/suspense movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....man this is such a gripping/thrilling movie 2 watch, its got such a brilliant cast throughout this movie........

The famous boat chase sequence was directed by Don Sharp who was specifically hired to do it. Once he completed that sequence he was hired by the producers to reshoot additional sequences. Sharp:

The chappie who directed originally [Geoffrey Reeve, who died in 2010] has gone on to produce some nice movies, and before this he had a good career in shooting commercials. And he's a talented man. But he didn't have a story sense then, as a director, and he and his camera operator, each set-up, you know, a sequence that looked like part of a television commercial and wasn't there for the drama of it, or just to let the audience know what was happening. And therefore I had to take parts out of, for example, a nightclub sequence. Seventy-five per cent of it was fine; only when it came to the dialogue bits between them did I have to go in and reshoot it, because it just didn't make sense - to shoot a couple of really good, important dialogue lines to do with the plot in a shot between the legs of a dancer . . . That wasn't exactly it but I mean that sort of thing, you know. It was done for a visual effect.

Reception.

Sharp said the film went on to make "a mint of money" and claimed in 2007 he was still getting royalties from it being shown on television.

Man this is such a gripping/thrilling movie 2 watch, its got such a brilliant cast throughout this movie.......Its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie.......I think that this is such a classics movie 2 watch, it is such a really well written/acted/directed movie 2 watch, its got such a brilliant cast throughout this movie.......I think that this is such a classics movie 2 watch, it is such a fantastic movie 2 watch,.