Monday, June 30, 2014

Jun 30th  
O.K. Connery  
aka: Operation Kid Brother; Operation Double 007; Secret Agent 00

Ita 1967. Produzione D.S. 104m. Techniscope

A plastic surgeon and hypnotist takes on the criminal Thanatos organisation.
Cheeky Italian imitation James Bond utilising his non-acting younger brother, who fits in as well as is necessary for a spy yarn as spoofish as this one, with the impudence to even use some of the actors' names for their characters (for copyright reasons presumably.) Of its time and for its time.

Written by: Paolo Levi, Frank Walker, Stanley Wright.
Producer: Dario Sabatella.
Director: Alberto De Martino.
Starring: Neil Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Adolfo Celi, Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Agata Flori, Yachuko Yama, Guido Lollobrigida.
Photography: Giovanni Bergamini.
Music: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai.
Art Direction: Franco Fontana.


This Italian rip-off even mimicked the poster for You Only Live Twice (the "Operation" moniker was considered box officein those days), but at best only an OK Connery.


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