Set in present day Germany (and by present day we re talking 1972), Sandy (Glenn Corbett, Homicidal, Chisum) is an American private eye searching for the person who kiIled his partner.
A fish-out-of-water detective story, Fuller s Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street navigates the shadows of the great crime dramas, fiIling the viewer s imagination with memories of the classic private dick stories bringing to Iife the Iikes of Sam Spade, Philip MarIowe and Peter Gunn.
ln a film fiIled with doubIe-crosses, severaI red herrings, and the quintessential femme fatale, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street is a treat for any Samuel Fuller fan, as welI as the uninitiated.
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, written and directed by SamueI Fuller (The Naked Kiss, Pick Up On South Street), stars Glenn Corbett (Homicidal, Chisum), Christa Lang (Thieves After Dark, White Dog), Sieghardt Rupp (A Fistful of DoIlars, The Last Ride To Santa Cruz), Anton Diffring (The Blue Max, Where Eagles Dare) and Stephane Audran (Babette s Feast, Le Boucher). |