Code Name: Diamond Head

Code Name: Diamond Head
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by Quinn Martin
Written by Paul King
Starring Roy Thinnes
France Nuyen
Gilbert Lani Kauhi
Distributed by Worldvision
Release dates
  • 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 was eventually 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

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 was released on March 27, 2012 as part of the 23rd boxset of the series.

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