After attending the Munich Toy Fair, successful businessman Philip Scott decides to take a short skiing holiday and meets a beautiful Swedish girl called Toni Peters. But death stalks the snowy slopes of Kitzbuhel ...
Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents led by Leo McKern kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
The first half is devoted to some skiing in Austria and some romance between Stephen Boyd and the beautiful Camilla Sparv, which is quite distracting in a good way, before the plot starts to arise .i. E. espionage stuff. Contrary to the most of the reviews here and its reputation, I quite enjoyed it - it's not great, but not dull at all as there's nice locations, slick cinematography, Stephen Boyd is really good in his role ( originally, slated to be the original Bond, he would've been a good Bond as he, shows here, he got a sense of humour, not too much of bull in a China Cup, likeable, is reposed, and cool yet dramatic - why wasn't he chosen for OHMSS at least?), his interplay with Camilla Sparv, and the villainy by Jeremy Kemp and Leo McKern.
Having said this, it could've been better; maybe more action, less romance and a more definite direction of what kind spy film it needed to be, either the serious kind or the 007 action fest. It's stuck in limbo on those counts. Overall, a fairly enjoyable spy film, despite its faults.
