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{{Infobox film
| name           =Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno
| image          =Agent 3S3- Passport to Hell.jpg
| caption        =Italian theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Sergio Sollima]]
| producer       = [[Cesáreo González]]
| writer         = [[Jesús María de Arozamena]], [[Alfonso Balcázar]]
| starring       =
| music          =[[Piero Umiliani]]
| cinematography = {{ill|Carlo Carlini|it|Carlo Carlini}}
| editing        =[[Bruno Mattei]]<ref name=mfb />
| studio        ={{plainlist|* Cineproduzioni Associate * Producciones Balcazar * Les Films Copernic<ref name=mfb />}}
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|1965}}
| runtime        =
| country        = {{plainlist|*Italy
*Spain
*France<ref name=mfb />}}
| language       =
| budget         =
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'''''Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno''''' or '''''Agent 3S3:Passport to Hell''''' is a [[Italian films of 1965|1965]] [[Italy|Italian]] adventure-[[Eurospy films|eurospy film]] directed by [[Sergio Sollima]], here credited as Simon Sterling. This is the first chapter in the Sollima's spy film trilogy, and inaugurated the film series of the Agent 3S3 played by [[George Ardisson]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Francesco Adinolfi, Karen Pinkus|title=Mondo exotica|publisher=Duke University Press, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=007 all'italiana|publisher=Isbn Edizioni, 2010}}</ref>  It is also the first Sollima's full-length film, after the episode he filmed in ''[[L'amore difficile]]'' three years before.
Location filming includes Spain, Rome, Beirut and Vienna.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fabio Zanello |title=La regia come match di boxe - Intervista a Sergio Sollima |url=http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993 |publisher=Sentieri Selvaggi |accessdate=16 January 2012 |date=4 August 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925095136/http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/articolo.asp?sez0=6&sez1=0&art=7993 |archivedate=25 September 2013 }}</ref> This was followed by the sequel ''[[Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun]]'' (1966) also directed by Sollima that was shot back to back.
==Cast==
*[[George Ardisson]] ...  Walter Ross, Agent 3S3
*[[Barbara Simon]] ...  Irmgard von Wittstein
*[[José Marco Davó|José Marco]] ...  Ahmed
*[[Georges Rivière]] ...  Professor Steve Dickson
*{{ill|Franco Andrei|it|Franco Andrei}} ...  Bellamy (as Frank Andrews)
*[[Liliane Fernani]] ...  Karina (as Senta Heller)
*[[Seyna Seyn]] ...  Jackye Vein
*[[Charles Kalinski]] ...  Salkoff (as Karl Wirth)
*[[Francisco Sanz (actor)|Francisco Sanz]] ...  Nobell (as Paco Sanz / Paul Fabian)
*[[Henri Cogan]] ...  Sanz (as Heinrich Rauch)
*[[Fernando Sancho]] ...  Colonel Dolukin (as Ferdinand Bergmann)
*[[Béatrice Altariba]] ...  Elisa von Sloot
*[[Sal Borgese]] ...  Man in Vienna Bar
*[[Jeff Cameron]]
==Reception==
In a contemporary review, the ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' stated that ″attractive locations...are small compensation for the general stodginess of the latest cosmopolitan spy thriller. After a promising beginning, with the hero's car sandwiched between two huge lorries on a snow-bound country road, the plot resolves itself into the customary round of brawls and brawn.″<ref name=mfb>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=Agente 3.S.3, Passaporto per L'inferno|volume=33|issue=384|page=140|year=1966|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id =0058884|title =Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno}}
{{Sergio Sollima}}
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[[Category:Italian spy thriller films]]
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[[Category:1960s spy thriller films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sergio Sollima]]
[[Category:Films scored by Piero Umiliani]]
[[Category:Italian adventure films]]
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