Our Man in Marrakesh
1966 film by Don Sharp
Our Man in Marrakesh (also known as Intriga Brutal; U.S. title: Bang! Bang! You're Dead!) is a 1966 British comedy spy film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tony Randall, Herbert Lom and Senta Berger. It was written by Peter Yeldham from a story by Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) and produced by Towers.
In the film, a courier transports the bribe money intended to pay for a fixed vote in the United Nations. The courier's identity is unknown, but they are thought to be one of the six persons traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh on a bus. Intrigue surrounds the traveling group.
Plot
One of six travellers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a powerful local man to fix United Nations votes on behalf of an unnamed nation. But not even the powerful man knows which of them it is – and his background checks reveal that at least three of them aren't who they claim to be.
As agents from other nations may be among them, he and his henchmen have to be very careful until the courier chooses to reveal himself – or herself.
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