Deadlier Than the Male


Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British crime mystery film. It is one of the many takeoffs of James Bond produced during the 1960s, but is based on an already established detective fiction hero, Bulldog Drummond.

Irma Eckman Elke Sommer assassinates oil tycoon Henry Keller. Later, she and the equally beautiful Penelope murder David Wyngarde, making it look like a spear fishing accident. Sir John Bledlow Laurence Naismith, one of the directors of Phoenecian Oil, suspects that both deaths were the result of foul play he had received an urgent message from Wyngarde that he needed to get in touch with Keller regarding a matter of life and death. He asks Hugh Bulldog Drummond to investigate. Wyngarde was Drummonds friend.A representative of an unknown party had approached Phoenecian and offered to overcome Kellers opposition to a merger with Phoenician within six months for one million pounds. Irma shows up at a board meeting to collect. However, the board is divided with Henry Bridgenorth being the most vocal in opposition and the vote is five to four against paying. That night, Irma and Penelope Sylva Koscina visit Bridgenorth, with fatal results. When the board reconvenes, the directors vote unanimously to pay. ........

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