Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117, released in the USA asShadow of Evil, is a 1964 French/Italianinternational co-productionEurospyspy-fi film.^[1] It was based onJean Bruce's 1960 novelLila de Calcutta, the 74th OSS 117 novel. It was the secondOSS 117 film directed byAndré Hunebelle and produced byPaul Cadéac, the first in the series in colour, the first co-produced by the Italian company Da.Ma. Cinematografica and the last to starKerwin Mathews as OSS 117.

Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	André Hunebelle
Screenplay by	Pierre Foucaud Michel Lebrun André Hunebelle
Story by	Jean Bruce
Produced by	Paul Cadéac
Starring	Kerwin Mathews Pier Angeli Robert Hossein Dominique Wilms
Cinematography	Raymond Lemoigne
Edited by	Jean Feyte
Music by	Michel Magne
Production companies	Production Artistique Cinématographique Da.Ma. Cinematografica
Distributed by	SN Prodis
Release date	June 1964 (1964-06)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film was shot on Thai locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle'sstunt coordinatorClaude Carliez withproduction design byRené Moulaert.

Secret Agent OSS 117,Colonel Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (Kerwin Mathews) is sent to Thailand following the murder of OSS agent Christopher Lemmon. Lemmon had been investigating the break out ofplague epidemics in India following health workers inoculating the locals to protect them fromcholera. Lemmon had discovered that the medicine made in Hogby Laboratories inBangkok had been switched with plague germs infecting the population with fatal results.

After surviving several assassination attempts, OSS 117 infiltrates the secret lair of Dr. Sinn (Robert Hossein), an Indian hypnotist and psychologist with the help of his sister Lila (Pier Angeli). Dr Sinn is the cape wearingsupervillain and mastermindmad scientist of aMalthusian organisation known as the "People Elect". The "People Elect" (inoculated by Dr Sinn for immunity) desire to spread plague around the world to reduce the Earth's population and stop atomic testing that is ruining the planet.

• Kerwin Mathews asHubert Bonisseur de La Bath
• Pier Angeli as Lila Sinn, the doctor's sister
• Robert Hossein as Dr Sinn
• Dominique Wilms as Eva Davidson, Leacock's secretary
• Gamil Ratib as Akhom
• Henri Virlojeux as Leacock
• Jacques Mauclair as Mr Smith
• Henri Guégan as Karloff
• Raoul Billerey as Christopher Lemmon
• Jacques Hilling as Hogby

• Panic in Bangkok atIMDb
• original French film trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tycLRoQtpbg