Shots in Threequarter Time

Shots in Threequarter Time
Directed by	Alfred Weidenmann
Written by	Herbert Reinecker
Story by	Ludmilla Kirsch
Produced by	Felice Testa Gay
Starring	Pierre Brice Heinz Drache Daliah Lavi Jana Brejchová Terence Hill
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Music by	Charly Niessen
Release date	1965 (1965)
Countries	Austria Germany Italy
Language	German

Shots in Threequarter Time (German: Schüsse im Dreivierteltakt, Italian: Operazione terzo uomo) is a 1965 crime film directed by Alfred Weidenmann.

Plot

The film begins in Paris. Carrying a metal suitcase, a man called Bérard flees from his pursuers. He boards a chairlift and, following instructions received on a walkie-talkie, at a certain point he lets the suitcase drop to the ground. Then he is shot by an unrecognisable sniper. The suitcase contains a strictly guarded NATO controller for missiles. The so-called B 501 was stolen and is now in enemy hands. There is just this one device and, accordingly, frenzy prevails at the Paris command post of NATO. Given eight days to recover it, the colonel in command puts his best man, secret agent Philippe Tissot, on the case. Tissot adopts the code name "Caesar" for his undercover operation and starts tracking down the missing device.

This trail leads to Vienna. Tissot takes the night train and comes across various strange and suspicious characters already during the journey. Once arrived in the Austrian capital, Tissot pays a visit to the "Palladium", a variety theatre with a very dubious reputation as a transit point for stolen goods and secrets as well as a magnet for enemy agents and assassins. Tissot soon finds himself in great peril and the first casualties occur. Another trail leads him to a waxworks. After an exciting chase through Vienna Tissot can finally bring the control unit back in.

Cast

• Pierre Brice as Philippe Tissot
• Heinz Drache as Pierre Gilbert
• Daliah Lavi as Irina Badoni
• Jana Brejchová as Violetta
• Charles Régnier as Henry
• Walter Giller as Renato Balli
• Terence Hill as Enrico (credited as Mario Girotti)
• Gustav Knuth as Igor
• Anton Diffring as Burger
• Senta Berger as Captain Jenny
• Paola Pitagora as Claudette
• Daniël Sola as Joscha
• Walter Regelsberger as Gorba
• Hans Unterkircher as Bernard
• Karl Zarda as Ledin
• Erica Vaal as Jeanette

External links

• Schüsse im Dreivierteltakt at IMDb