Review of Death and Diamonds

One of the numerous Jerry Cotton films starring George Nader as FBI agent Cotton. Cotton is a no nonsense agent who is called in when things get too complicated. This is the first of the Cotton films I've knowingly seen and it was a pretty good little crime caper film with a Euro touch. Clearly the US setting was faked thanks to second unit photography and some laughable rear screen work. Here Cotton is called in to impersonate an English safe cracker who is brought to the US to work for a super criminal named Stone. No one knows who Stone is and Cotton is to find out. Complicating matters (and the one weak link plot wise) is the fact that Stone is known to kill anyone he works with when they have served their usefulness. Why anyone would work for him knowing this is beyond me, but hey it ends up not being that vital to the story. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon on the couch. I'm actually looking forward to seeing the rest of the films.