This exciting but so-so picture turns out to be a mediocre European co-production dealing with secret agents taking on a dangerous Organization and an international conspiracy. The film concerns an American agent (George Ardisson) assigned to a deadly operation . The film starts with US Major Taylor (Tom Felleghy ) , meets with his counterpart in Soviet Intelligence, Colonel Dolukin (Fernando Sancho), to discuss the previous death of an American agent . The real culprit seems to be a private spy association nicknamed ¨The Organization¨ that has knocked off both , C. I. A and KGB agents . American HQ chooses the most qualified agent to undertake this risked mission from Third Special Division : Agent 3S3 Walter Ross (George Ardisson) who can shoot and kick his way out of any tight spot and efficiently demonstrates it . The hero's mission is to discover and take down the head of a sinister worldwide spy organization . Another agent Ahmed (José Marco) will equally help him to find out the killer gang . The clues lead to Irmgard von Wittstein (Barbara Simon) , that's why she is Henry Dvorak's daughter. According to high-command , they suspect Dvorak is the mastermind behind the 'Organization.'
This is a nail-biting and messy thriller with plenty of emotion, noisy action , car crashes , pursuits , twists and turns . The movie is a Spanish-Italian co-production about secret agents , a sub-genre called ¨Euro-spy¨ , very usual at that time in the 60s . The origin of this sub-genre results to be the ¨James Bond¨ series , especially : ¨Terence Young's James versus Dr. No¨, ¨From Russia with Love¨and ¨Thunderball¨ that caused an authentic flood of copies, imitations and rip offs , each time more and more awful . The film is fast-movement ; besides , being developed in various scenarios , though specially on Lebanon and a snow-swept Austria . However, the movie is a bit boring and there are situations and images that are ridiculous and embarrassing . The film, in its entirety , is a kind of nonsense , George Ardisson does not impress with anything, Georges Rivière in the role of villain is a little better . In the picture appears habitual actors of co-productions : the great Fernando Sancho , Francisco Sanz and José Marco , all of them were players of numerous Paella Westerns . Furthermore , two gorgeous Eurotrash actresses : Barbara Simons and Seyna Seyn . In addition , appearing other prolific secondaries such as Sal Borgese, Tom Felleghy, Ugo Sasso, Jeff Cameron, Dakar , Pietro Torrisi or Peter McCoy , all of them customary actors of this kinds of genres as Spaghetti Western , Peplum , Giallo or Euro-spy . Followed by a sequel in similar style : ¨Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun¨ (Sergio Sollima 1966) in which our starring set out in rescue a scientific (Eduardo Fajardo) abducted in Saint Felipe Island (South America) by a tyrant named Siqueiros (Fernando Sancho) , being also starred by Sal Borgese, Luis Undini, and Luz Marquez .
Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno (1965) displays a thrilling and fitted to action musical score by Piero Umiliani . As well as an atmospheric cinematography by Carlo Carli , though a perfect remastering being necessary . The evocative on-location lensing in international countries as Lebanon, Beirut , Austria, Vienna and Balcazar studios, Barcelona , Spain. The motion picture produced by Alfonso Balcazar was regularly directed by Sergio Sollima who made some classic Spaghetti Westerns as the ¨Cuchillo¨ trilogy starred by Tomas Milian . Sergio Sollima's direction is regularly crafted, here he's less cynical and more inclined toward violence , fights and too much action . Sergio wrote and directed all kinds of genres such as Pirate films as ¨ Sandokan ¨ and the ¨ Black Corsario ¨ ; Peplum : ¨Rocha¨ , "Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators" , "Triumph of the Ten Gladiators" , ¨Ursus¨ "Goliath Against the Giants" ; Euro-spy : "Requiem for a Secret Agent" , "Agent 3S3: Hunter from the Unknown" , ¨Tanger 67¨ ; being especially known for his ¨Cuchillo trilogy¨ : ¨Run Cuchillo run¨, ¨Face to Face¨ , ¨The big Gundown¨ and a Poliziesco : ¨Revolver¨ at his best . This is a mildly satisfying and thrilling Euro-spy flick that only avid fans of the sub-genre will love . Average but entertaining.
