Minikillers : 1 — Operation Costa Brava

The action opens at a beach resort on the Costa Brava, tourists lounge around a roof-top swimming pool. A man in a sharp suit strides though the resort and surveys the sea view from the balcony. Atop a nearby tower block, a man is watching the resort with binoculars as his accomplice operates a radio transmitter hidden in a briefcase. A bald man gets out of a sportscar and carries a large box past Diana, who has emerged in a bikini to do some sun bathing.

The man in the suit watches her pass him and a holidaying businessman casts an appreciative eye over her as she take a lounge near him. The man with the binoculars takes up a rifle and aims it at the businessman as the bald man adjusts the time on his watch. Diana sits up, a smile on her face - a doll of a little girl is walking across the resort, apparently controlled remotely by the radio operator. The man with the rifle smiles as the businessman picks up the doll - as does the bald man, who presses the crown of his watch. Immediately, the doll pours liquid from its eye in fake tears. The businessman recoils then laughs. Diana smiles too but the businessman’s laugh has become a rictus and he falls to the ground, writhing in agony.

Tourists gather around the dead man and the bald man is disconcerted when Diana picks up the doll and walks off with it. He meets with a German tourist and hands him a wad of cash to attack her. Diana spots him and defeats him easily with her trademark karate moves and he staggers off to the sound of a Laurel and Hardy theme. Diana notices that he’s dropped a piece of paper and a pocket watch which she opens to discover complex circuitry. She surmises that it controls the doll and tests the watch, oblivious to a second doll that has been put inside her room to kill her, which is responding to the watch controls.
She looks at the paper which is a flyer for a club and leaves for the beach just before the second doll starts squirting acid from its eyes.

Cast

starring Diana Rigg regular 007 Doctor Who

crime boss Jose Nieto

bald henchman Jack Rocha

henchman with rifle H. Coscollin

waiter unknown

radio operator unknown

henchman unknown

interpol agent unknown

concerned tourist unknown

second waiter unknown

henchman unknown

Crew

Produced by	H.G. Lückel
Produced by	D. Nettemann
Written by	Wolfgang von Chmielewski
Written by	M.v. Chmielewski
Directed by	Wolfgang von Chmielewski
Photography	Josef Kaufmann
Camera Assistant	Gerd Weiss
Score	Jonny Teupen
Score	H. Rettenbacher
Production Assistant	H.G. Tienemann
Script Girl	Ulrike Hercher
Unit Manager	Virgilio Valle
Film Editor	Erika Winter
Make-up	Ingrid Hartkopf
Make-up	Waltraud Winkler
Technical Assistant	Lothar Büscher
Title-Mirrors	Vittorio Bonato
An Accentfilm International production

Continuity and trivia

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