Undercover USA (TV Movie 1980)

Undercover USA: Directed by Burt Kennedy. With Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Jonathan Winters, Harry Morgan. Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.

“Mallorca. A German man named Hans comes into town to replace the previous garden manager, also named Hans, on a small estate owned by a wealthy German. The latter is an unstable and demanding boss. If that were not enough stress for Hans, the locals are unfriendly towards him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWeird things begin to happen and Hans is confounded. The weirdness piles up and our attempts at sorting out the growing number of plot elements seem futile. Our curiosity is peaking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you are the kind of cinephile who likes to work out solutions to mysteries, you will reach a point where you start to reconsider all your assumptions. Itu0026#39;s back to square one. Right then, the critical scene occurs. It lasts seconds, so donu0026#39;t blink. Hans has a aha moment that explains what has happened so far and he shares it with us through a glancing remark. You say: Of course! Clever! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s the filmu0026#39;s midpoint. With the view cleared we enter the second half with a renewed comprehension. Yet a dead body puts our certainty to question. What sort of plot element is this? Hans does not give us any other hints. He is complicit with the plotu0026#39;s obfuscations. The end puts everything into perspective.”