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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very disappointing...

good back-story, and good acting

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

FBI agent Jerry Cotton is to assume the identity of infamous electronics burglar alarm disabling specialist Rick Trevor, who has just been released from Dartmore prison and is flying to LA to join the notorious Stone crime syndicate. Prior to disembarking from the plane, Trevor is nabbed and the switch made. Cotton's assignment is to unmask Stone whose organization has been wreaking havoc throughout the US and is suspected of getting ready for another major caper. The acting is mediocre with Nader's British accent as Cotton impersonating Trevor particularly atrocious. Furthermore, Cotton as Trevor is continuously insisting on meeting the reclusive Stone irritating the gang and making it too obvious that Cotton is an imposter. Not to mention that he's supposed to be an electronics nerd but he can single-handedly whip this tough-guy organization with guys the size of gorillas. There's a few good glimpses of mid-60s LA but the gang hide-out, The Green Silk bar, looked like a place you expect to find in an alley on the south side of Chicago rather than LA and with a doorman outfitted to be working a posh 5th avenue hotel. Inside the bar doesn't get any better with three gals dancing uninspiringly in a Spartan setting. Silvie Solar provides the female character to fight over. The last half hour or so the movie goes into hyper-drive making up for lost time during the meandering presentation of the heist. (They get wrapped up referencing a device called "the absorber" that is nothing more than a big vacuum!) Despite all of these shortcomings it is still pretty likable with a story that is easy to follow.

When the film begins, a gang of crooks are robbing a factory and stealing canisters of poison gas. However, when police cars near, the gang leader kills the minions who helped him with the robbery...so obviously he doesn't like any loose ends. Fortunately, one of these poor devils isn't quite dead and tells the police that the killer was Stone and something about a cellmate called 'Trevor' who is about to do a job for Stone. It turns out Treavor is still in prison and is about to be released...and the plan is to substitute Agent Cotton (George Nader) for the famous safe-cracker. But the problem is that Stone ALWAYS ends up killing his hired help...so how is Cotton going to avoid this as well?!I've only seen this and the first Agent Cotton film. Compared to the first, the production values are a bit better--with color film and some nice Los Angeles location shooting. HOWEVER, it's obvious that Nader isn't in these scenes and the shots are clumsily back projected-- with Nader and others acting in front of this screen. It's a very poor system...but even for rear projection this is the worst I have ever seen!! It's worse than the system that was used in "The Bank Dick" almost thirty years earlier!! The production team should have been embarrassed to use these scenes.The most important parts are the plot, writing and acting....so are they any good? Of course. In fact, if the production values had just been a bit better the movie would have scored an 8. Quite enjoyable.By the way, although I have enjoyed seeing the Agent Cotton films, unfortunately not all of them on YouTube are dubbed (or even subbed) into English. I know the films were originally dubbed into many languages but until I can find them, I may have to just be content with watching a few of the eight original Cotton pictures.

As a Jerry Cotton film, "Death And Diamonds" is probably a middle-of-the-road entry (I've sampled three of them so far). As a mid-1960s Euro-crime film in general, it is above average. That's mostly thanks to its stunt-crazy final section; within about 10 minutes, we get Cotton jumping feet first through a car windshield, jumping from a speeding motorcycle a second before it is blown up by a grenade, jumping from a bridge onto a boat, jumping off the boat....yeah, Cotton jumps a lot in the last 10 minutes of this movie. And I didn't even mention the woman-to-woman whipping scene! (which is far too short!). George Nader continues to be proficient in the role of Jerry Cotton (though his "British accent" - Cotton is pretending to be a British safecracker for the majority of the movie - is questionable at best. As the icy bad girl delivering the aforementioned whipping, Marlies Draeger is STRIKINGLY beautiful - if the movie wasn't so obscure, I'd even call her green dress iconic. **1/2 out of 4.

One of the numerous Jerry Cotton films starring George Nader as FBI agent Cotton. Cotton is a no nonsense agent who is called in when things get too complicated. This is the first of the Cotton films I've knowingly seen and it was a pretty good little crime caper film with a Euro touch. Clearly the US setting was faked thanks to second unit photography and some laughable rear screen work. Here Cotton is called in to impersonate an English safe cracker who is brought to the US to work for a super criminal named Stone. No one knows who Stone is and Cotton is to find out. Complicating matters (and the one weak link plot wise) is the fact that Stone is known to kill anyone he works with when they have served their usefulness. Why anyone would work for him knowing this is beyond me, but hey it ends up not being that vital to the story. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon on the couch. I'm actually looking forward to seeing the rest of the films.