Code Name: Diamond Head

Code Name: Diamond Head
Directed by	Jeanott Szwarc
Produced by	Quinn Martin
Written by	Paul King
Starring	Roy Thinnes France Nuyen Gilbert Lani Kauhi
Distributed by	Worldvision
Release date(s)	1977
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Code Name: Diamond Head is a 1977 American spy film starring Roy Thinnes as an undercover counterintelligence officer known as Diamond Head whose mission is to stop a rogue double agent from stealing the formula for a new chemical weapon. Originally filmed as a pilot for a new television drama (which was never picked up by the networks), it eventually was as used for The NBC Monday Movie on U.S. broadcast network NBC.

Plot

Johnny Paul (Thinnes) arrives in Oahu disguised as a flashy gambler and ladies' man. However, he is actually on a mission to stop the theft of a deadly new gas, which has the potential to cause instant death upon contact. The substance was being secretly created by a top battalion of Marines at the request of a Pentagon official. However, a double agent had infiltrated the unit, killed the executive, and assumed his identity. Paul uses his image to get close to the double agent, who is known by the pseudonym "Tree". However, once his cover is blown, it's a race against time to stop Tree from selling the secrets to an unnamed foreign power.

Cast

• Roy Thinnes as Johnny Paul "Diamond Head"
• France Nuyen as Tso-Tsing
• Gilbert Lani Kauhi as Zulu
• Ward Costello as Captain Macintosh
• Don Knight as H.K. Muldoon
• Ian McShane as Sean Donovan
• Eric Braeden as Ernest Graeber
• Alex Henteloff as Dr. Edward Sherman
• Eric Christmas as Father Murphy

Response

The film was featured in a season six episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Home media

The film is currently available only in VHS format. The Mystery Science Theater version has yet to be released, either as a stand alone movie or in one of the series' box set collections.

References

• [1]

External links

• Code Name: Diamond Head at the Internet Movie Database