Upperseven, l'Uomo da
uccidere
Cast:
Paul Hubschmid, Karin Dor, Vivi Bach, Nando Gazzolo,Rosalba
Neri, Guido Lollobrigida, Tom Felleghy, Tullio Altamura, Bruno
Scipioni
Director:
Alberto De Martino
Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang is not a dramatization of Pauline Kael's
similarly titled collection of movie reviews.
It is instead one of the glut of European-produced spy films
which flooded the 1960s marketplace in the wake of the James
Bond craze.
This Spanish-made effort stars Giuliano Gemma and George Martin
as secret agents involved with the blocking of selling secrets
to the Enemy.
The good guys are in the British Secret Service, the bad guys
are those unidentified Slavic-accented types indigenous to
films of this nature.
Nothing new here, but Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang, directed by
action-flick perennial Duccio Tessari, did manage to get good
bookings thanks to the Bond-generated fascination with gimmick-and-gadget-laden
espionage agents.
Cast:
Giuliano Gemma, George Martin, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro,
Daniele Vargas, Cesarina Riccarda Guazzelli, Antonio Casas
Director:
Duccio Tessari
Agente Speciale LK: Operazione Re Mida
This breezy spy comedy from cult director Jesus Franco is
among his most enjoyable films.
Ray Danton stars as secret agent Lucky, hired by a powerful
corporation to locate a counterfeiting operation.
Crafty mad scientist Gold Glasses (Marcelo Arroita Jauregui)
and a series of femme fatales, one of whom turns out to be
a former S.S. officer in drag, stand in Lucky's way as he
and sidekick Michael (Dante Posani) travel to Rome, Albania,
and the Caribbean to solve the case.
The 1960s pop-art style (including comic-book art and word
balloons) and slapstick humor leads to an appropriately silly
conclusion which left the doorway open for an unmade sequel.
Danton is amusing as the bumbling lead, and the cast includes
a bevy of beautiful women.
Franco makes a cameo appearance, and Bruno Nicolai's soundtrack
is a treat.
Cast:
Ray Danton, Barbara Bold, Dante Posani, Dieter Eppler, María
Luisa Ponte, Rosalba Neri, Beba Loncar, Teresa Gimpera
Director:
Jess Franco |
