Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight

Mar 4, 1966

1h 35m

★ 7.2

Overview

Third Jerry Cotton Adaption. A big shipment of Nitroglycerine, enough to make a shambles of New York, mysteriously vanishes! It's a race between agent Jerry Cotton and the underworld to see who can find the deadly explosive first. To complicate things further, the nitro must be found before a torrid heat wave causes it to blow much of the city sky high.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Prodex

Allianz Filmproduktion

Constantin Film

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Cast

Jerry Cotton

George Nader

Larry Link

Horst Frank

Phil Decker

Heinz Weiss

Mr. John High

Richard Münch

Maureen

Dominique Wilms

Harry

Allen Pinson

Husky

Alexander Allerson

Ruth Warren

Monika Grimm

Helen

Helga Schlack

Pat

Ricky Cooper

Krot

Werner Abrolat

Lew Hatton

Gert Günther Hoffmann

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