Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert
Un Cerceuil de Diamants / De Rekening ijskoud Geserveerd

West Germany / France 1966
produced by
Heinz Willeg for Allianz Filmproduktion, Constantin Film, Prodex
directed by Helmut Ashley
starring George Nader, Yvonne Monlaur, Horst Tappert, Heinz Weiss, Ullrich Haupt, Walter Rilla, Helga Schlack, Christian Doermer, Birke Bruck, Arthur Brauss, Axel Scholtz, Ilija Ivezic, Rainer Brandt, Richard Münch, Horst Hesslein, Bob Lerick, Pierre Richard (II), Jochen Sehrndt, Hans Waldherr
written by George Hurdalek, based on characters from the magazine series G-Man Jerry Cotton published by Bastei Lübbe, music by Peter Thomas

Jerry Cotton, Jerry Cotton (George Nader)

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Charles' (Horst tappert) gang of crooks have robbed a money transport of the treasury worth millions, and the only clue the FBI have is Tommy Wheeler (Christian Doermer), the chemist who produced the gas the crooks were using ... but the thing is, Wheeler was killed by his accomplices the day before the transport was robbed. So all the FBI have to go on now is Wheeler's girlfriend Violet (Yvonne Monlaur), a barsinger who knows next to nothing about the crime ... but still enough it seems for Charles to have her kidnapped, if only to set up a trap for top G-man Jerry Cotton (George Nader), who is way too clever to fall into the gangsters' trap though - at least at first - and instead is provided with excellent clues to track Charles and his gang down. It's only eventually when he has caught up with the crooks that they manage to capture him, but by then Charles has to realize he has been outsmarted by a rival crook, Stanley (Rainer Brandt), who has teamed up with the treasury's head controller Davis (Ullrich Haupt), which results in Charles being shot, his gang being captured by the police, and Stanley and Davis getting away with the loot in a helicopter - with Jerry hanging onto the helicopter and eventually putting it out of action and putting the crooks behind bars ...

As a crime drama as such, Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert might be less than perfect, too many plottwists are too unbelievable, too many situations are just ridiculous, and especially by today's standards, machoman Jerry Cotton seems sadly dated ... that all said though, if you take the film as a mindless actioner and can forgive occasional incongruencies and the overuse of backprojection to make the film look as if it was filmed in New York, you might be able to enjoy this film, with especially the finale (with Jerry hanging down a helicopter) being very well staged. so it might not be a perfect crime thriller, but it's good entertainment nevertheless.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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