Country: Italy / Spain / France Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero (credited as Robert B. White) Starring: German Cobos, Yoko Tani, Gianni Rizzo, Susan Baker, Milton Reid, Anthony Blade, Paco Sanz, Leontine May Music: Francesco De Masi Just to confuse you, Agent Z55: Desperate Mission is a Eurospy film with a distinctively Eastern flavour. The film [...]
8Sep10
Department of Dirty Tricks
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, gadgets and devices from the ‘Department Of Dirty Tricks’ are often featured heavily in spy films and television. Some would say, the more outrageous, the better! Spies have always had small secret devices like cameras and guns that have helped them carry out their various assignments, but once Goldfinger hit [...]
22Jul10
Le Guignolo (1980)
Country: France / Italy Director: Georges Lautner Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D’Angelo, Michel Galabru, Carla Romanelli, Tony Kendall Music: Philippe Sarde Sorry folks, this is gonna be a half-assed review because I don’t speak French and I haven’t been able to find a copy of Le Guignolo which has English subtitles. But I don’t let [...]
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Tagged Comedy, EuroSpy, French, Jean Paul Belmondo, Tony Kendall
Tagged Comedy, EuroSpy, French, Jean Paul Belmondo, Tony Kendall
14Jul10
Attack of the Robots (1966)
Original Title: Cartes sur table Country: Spain / France Director: Jess Franco Starring: Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Fernando Rey, Sophie Hardy, Alfredo Mayo, Ricardo Palacios, Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui Music: Paul Misraki Some reviews almost don’t have to be written. The title and the people who made the film, both in front of, and behind the camera, [...]
27Apr10
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
Here’s something I should have posted a few weeks ago, but I got caught up with other things. This should be especially of interest for readers in Britain (or jetsetters in Europe). Kiss Kiss Kill Kill: The Graphic Art and Forgotten Spy Films of Cold War Europe 10 September – 16 October 2010 University of [...]
25Mar10
OSS 117 Terror in Tokyo (1966)
Original Title: Atout coeur à Tokyo pour O.S.S. 117 AKA: OSS From Tokyo With Love Country: France / Italy Director: Michel Boisrond Starring: Frederick Stafford, Marina Vlady, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Jacques Legras, Valery Inkijinoff, Henri Serre Music: Michel Magne Based on the novel by Jean Bruce I thought it was time to get back to presenting [...]
4Nov09
Your Turn Darling (1963)
Country: France / Italy Director: Bernard Boderie Starring: Eddie Constantine, Christiane Minazzoli, Elga Andersen, Philippe Lemaire, Gaia Germani, Noel Roquevert, Colin Drake, Guy Delorme Music: Paul Misraki Your Turn Darling sure is one boozy adventure for Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine). As we meet Caution, he is disgruntled because he was called away from a bar [...]
3Nov09
Passport to Hell (1965)
Country: Italy / France / Spain Director: Simon Sterling (Sergio Sollima) Starring: Giorgio Ardisson, Barbara Simons, Jose Marco, Georges Riviere, Seyna Seyn Music: Piero Umiliani Passport to Hell is in some ways a hard Eurospy film to review. This is primarily because it is pretty good. It eschews all the silly secret ray-gun weapon and [...]
26Oct09
Marie Chantal contre Dr. Kha
AKA: Blue PantherCountry: France, Spain, Italy, MoroccoDirector: Claude ChabrolStarring: Marie Laforêt, Francisco Rabal, Roger Hanin, Serge Reggiani, Charles Denner, Akim TamiroffMusic: Michel Colombier, Gregorio García Segura, Pierre Jansen French film director, Claude Chabrol is credited with starting the “nouvelle vague” French film movement (or the French New Wave as it commonly called). Prior to his [...]
7Oct09
Furia a Marrakech (1966)
AKA: Death Pays in DollarsCountry: Italy / FranceDirector: J. Lee Donan (Luciano Martino and Mino Loy)Starring: Stephen Forsyth, Dominique Boshero, Jacques Ary, Cristina Gajoni, MitsoukoMusic: Carlo Savina Furia a Marrakech is one of the many Eurospy flicks that goes by many names and the characters have different names too. But I am basing this review [...]
