Auhtor Helen MacInnes has been served rather poorly by Hollywood, which has adapted her excellent espionage thrillers into mediocre films at best. THE SALZBURG CONNECTION, however, is the absolute worst. Newman, an American lawyer vacationing in Salzburg, unwittingly becomes involved with
international secret agents--all of whom want a chest containing a list of Nazi collaborators and war criminals. As agents from the US, USSR, China, and neo-Nazi organizations fight among themselves for possession of the list, Newman finds time to romance beautiful widow Karina, whose husband was
killed as an innocent participant in the debacle. Unfortunately, her brother, Brandau...
Released:
1972
Rated:
PG
Length:
93 mins