Hell's Bloody Devils

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Hell's Bloody Devils
Directed by Al Adamson
Written byJerry Evans
Produced byAl Adamson
Starring John Gabriel
Anne Randall
Broderick Crawford
Scott Brady
Kent Taylor
Robert Dix
Keith Andes
John Carradine
Jack Starrett
William Bonner
Erin O'Donnell
Vicki Volante
Emily Banks
Bambi Allen
Jill Woelful
Cinematography László Kovács
Frank Ruttencutter
Edited byJohn Winfield
Music byDon McGinnis
Distributed byIndependent-International Pictures
Release date
  • January 1, 1970 (1970-01-01)
Running time
89 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hell's Bloody Devils (also known as The Fakers and Operation M) [1] is a 1970 American film directed by Al Adamson and written by Jerry Evans. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Plot

FBI agent Mark Adams (John Gabriel) poses as a member of a Las Vegas crime syndicate in order to infiltrate the hideout of a neo-Nazi group. Led by World War II Nazi war criminal Count von Delberg (Kent Taylor), the group prints counterfeit U.S. dollars, which they plan to circulate to help finance their party. Adams is aided from an undercover Israeli agent (Vicki Volante) whose parents were killed by von Delberg during the war; the count has in turn recruited a vicious Swastika-clad motorcycle gang, the Bloody Devils, to do his dirty work.

Cast

Production

Shooting began in 1967 as a spy thriller under the working title Operation M, and then the film was subsequently retitled The Fakers. However, after the film couldn't be sold to a proper distributor, new footage featuring bikers was filmed, incorporated into the plot, and released through Adamson's and producer Sam Sherman's own newly-formed at the time Independent-International Pictures in 1970. [3] [4] According to Tom Weaver's book, It Came from Horrorwood, the bikers used in the film were from a real motorcycle gang and were busted for carrying weapons during production. [6]

Colonel Sanders makes an uncredited cameo appearance inside one of his restaurants, where the protagonists are dining. KFC paid for product placement and also fed the cast and crew. [3] [4]

Nelson Riddle is co-credited as the composer of the opening titles' theme song, however, he was not involved with the production of the film. Sherman and Adamson bought the rights to a pre-existing Riddle cue and used it in the titles. [4]

Reception

A short review of the film by Howard Thompson of The New York Times referred to the use of young motorbike riders he described as "brutes" to be "box-office bait". He also expressed dismay at seeing Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady and Kent Taylor's involvement in the "smoking out" of a Nazi-minded counterfeiter. [7] The review by Peter Roberts of The Grindhouse Cinema Database noted the "funky psychedelic" opening credits montage which he described as "real cool." He also said that "this was more of an espionage film than a biker film." He said that the advertising of the film was to bring in the drive-in audiences. He also said that it was entertaining and those who were "looking for a Hells Angels on Wheels " wouldn't find it in this one. Instead, viewers would get "a crazy mash up of babes, neo-Nazis, sexy bikers spies, undercover cops and shootouts." [8]

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  6. ↑ Weaver, Tom (28 June 2010). It Came from Horrorwood. McFarland. p. 310. ISBN   9780786482160.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Howard (January 7, 1971). "Screen: 'Satan's Sadists': Double Bill Also Offers 'Hell's Bloody Devils'". The New York Times .
  8. ↑ Roberts, Peter. "Hell's Bloody Devils Review". The Grindhouse Cinema Database.

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