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Eurospy Films
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Cinema of Italy, Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bond in film, James Bond spy series feature films. The first wave of Eurospy films were released in 1964, two years after the first James Bond film, ''Dr. No (film), Dr. No'', and in the same year as the premiere of what many consider to be the apotheosis of the Bond series, ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger''. For the most part, the Eurospy craze lasted until around 1967 or 1968. In Italy, where most of these films were produced, this trend replaced the declining sword and sandal genre. Christopher Frayling, who estimated the number of Eurospy films at 50, felt that they passed on such traits to the Spaghetti Western as emphasis on the technology of death, such as special weapons, the anonymity of the protagonist, the "money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS 117
OSS 117 is the codename for Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, a fictional secret agent created by French writer Jean Bruce. Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is described as being an American Colonel from Louisiana of French descent. After service in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), de La Bath worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), then the National Security Council (NSC). With the revival of the series in 2006, the character is reimagined as a French secret agent working for the Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, the French intelligence agency from 1944 to 1982 (now DGSE). In real-life, OSS code number 117 was allocated to William L. Langer, who was chief of the Research and Analysis Branch of the OSS. Novels and films Bruce wrote 88 OSS 117 novels for the French publishing house Fleuve Noir Espionnage series beginning with ''Tu parles d'une ingénue (Ici OSS 117)'' in 1949, predating Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 by four years. After Jean Bruce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agent 077 – Mission Bloody Mary
''Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary'' or ''Agente 077: Missione Bloody Mary'' is a 1965 Italian/Spanish/French international co-production spy adventure film. The first of the Secret Agent 077 film series directed by Sergio Grieco. Plot A group of criminals called the Black Lily murder and replace a US Air Force navigator near a base in the United Kingdom. The infiltrator crashes the plane in order to recover a new deadly nuclear bomb code named "Bloody Mary". The criminals sell the weapon to Red China. A CIA agent tracks down the weapon from France to Spain where it travels by a cargo ship to Athens. Cast * Ken Clark as Dick Malloy/Jack Clifton *Helga Liné as Elsa Freeman *Philippe Hersent as Lester *Maryse Guy Mitsouko as Kuan *Umberto Raho as Prof. Betz (credited as Umi Raho) *Silvana Jachino as Juanita (credited as Susan Terry) * (credited as Anthony Gradwell) *Andrea Scotti *Brand Lyonell *Peter Blades *Peter Bach *Franca Polesello as Malloy's/Clifton's girlfriend. *Pulla Coy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Clark (actor)
Kenneth Donovan Clark (June 4, 1927 – June 1, 2009) was an American B movie actor. He appeared in movies in the United States and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy, '' South Pacific'', and a number of Spaghetti Westerns. Early years Clark was born in Neffs, Ohio. He enlisted in the Navy when he was 17, and after being honorably discharged, he sought a career as an actor. When that effort was unsuccessful, he found employment as a model and as a construction worker. He also worked as a coal miner in the mid 1950s near Cadiz Ohio. Acting career Early career Clark was originally contracted to 20th Century Fox. While working for that studio, he acquired a reputation as a “beefcake” actor similar to Richard Egan. He appeared in a variety of genres of film, including crime (''Six Bridges to Cross''), Western ('' The Last Wagon''), and war film ('' Between Heaven and Hell''). Additionally, in one of his final roles for Fox, he appeared in Elvis Presley’s debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Agent 077
Secret Agent 077 is a fictional superspy, lead character in a trilogy of Eurospy films starring Ken Clark as Dick Malloy (or Maloy).p.274 Blake, Matt & Deal, David ''The Eurospy Guide'' 2004 Luminary Press However "077" was used on posters or advertising of several other Eurospy films with little or no relationship to each other perhaps to exploit the audience's knowledge of 007. Official entries The first two were directed by Sergio Grieco under the pseudonym Terence Hathaway, the third directed by Alberto De Martino, with all starring Ken Clark. All were Italian/French and Spanish co-productions shot around the world in Technicolor and Techniscope. *'' Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary'' (1965) *'' Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury'' (1965) *''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' (1966) (directed by Alberto De Martino) In 1967 the same production company produced ''The Tiffany Memorandum'' directed by Grieco but starring Clark as "Dick Hallam" a journalist drawn into the CIA. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Man In Jamaica
''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' ( it, A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European funding.p.274 Paul, Louis ''Mel Welles Interview'' ''Tales from the cult film trenches: interviews with 36 actors from horror, science fiction and exploitation cinema'' McFarland, 06/09/2007 Plot Agent 001 Ken Stewart is sent to Jamaica to locate the missing Agent 009 who vanished investigating an arms smuggling operation. After two of Stewart's friends are found dead of electrocution, 001's investigation leads him to an expatriate American criminal who was sentenced to the electric chair but escaped from prison. Seeking revenge, he assembles an army of terrorists based on an island seven miles from Jamaica called Dominica. His arms smuggling is the beginning of a scheme to attack the United States with the aid of Red China and Cuba. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists
United Artists Corporation (UA), currently doing business as United Artists Digital Studios, is an American digital production company. Founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, the studio was premised on allowing actors to control their own interests, rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. UA was repeatedly bought, sold, and restructured over the ensuing century. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the studio in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($ billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in entertainment companies One Three Media and Lightworkers Media, then merged them to revive United Artists' television production unit as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). However, on December 14 of the following year, MGM wholly acquired UAMG and folded it into MGM Television. United Artists was again revived in 2018 as United Artists Digital Studios. Mirror, the joint distribution ventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Days To Die
''13 Days to Die'' (german: Der Fluch des schwarzen Rubin, translation=''The Curse of the Black Ruby'') is a 1965 Italian and West German spy film drama, directed by Manfred R. Köhler and Alberto Cardone Alberto Cardone (1920–1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, second unit director and film editor of the 1960s. Cardone is best known for his Spaghetti Western films of the 1960s. He is best known for directing the films ''Seven Dol .... The film was based on an updated pre-World War II German pulp fiction character named Rolf Torring. Cast External links * 1965 films 1960s spy thriller films 1960s action adventure films German spy thriller films Italian spy thriller films German action adventure films Italian action adventure films West German films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s German-language films German multilingual films Italian multilingual films Films directed by Manfred R. Köhler Films directed by Alberto Cardone Films set in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Helm
Matt Helm is a fictional character created by American author Donald Hamilton (1916-2006). Helm is a U.S. government counter-agent, a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in most spy thrillers. Helm appeared in 27 adventure/suspense novels by Hamilton, first published in 1960, and the character was later adapted into film, television and other media. The character and the series Published between 1960 and 1993, the 27 books in the series portrayed Helm, who acquired the code name "Eric" during his secret wartime assignments, as jaded, ruthless, pragmatic, and competent. The series was noted for its between-books continuity, which was somewhat rare for the genre. In the later books, Helm's origins as a man of action in World War II disappeared and he became an apparently ageless character, a common fate of long-running fictional heroes. The first book in the series, ''Death of a Citiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio, television and in films. Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. Martin established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. He became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together with several others formed the Rat Pack. Starting in 1965, Martin was the host of the television variety program ''The Dean Martin Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Connery
Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in '' Dr. No'', Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in '' Never Say Never Again''. Following his third appearance as Bond in '' Goldfinger'' (1964), in June 1965 ''Time'' magazine observed "James Bond has developed into the biggest mass-cult hero of the decade". Connery began acting in smaller theatre and television productions until his breakout role as Bond. Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention the role gave him, the success of the Bond films brought Connery offers from notable directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. Their films in which Connery appeared included ''Marnie'' (1964), '' The Hill'' (1965), ''Murder on the Orient Express'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrado San Martín
Conrado San Martín Prieto (20 February 1921 – 24 April 2019) was a Spanish actor with a long and prolific career. He made his film debut in 1941 and was particularly popular during the 1950s. Life Conrado San Martín left behind a career as an amateur boxer to take small roles in the theater in the company of Cayetano Luca de Tena and to act as an extra in some films.Torres, '' ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 419 He made his film debut with ''Oro vil'' (1941) a film directed by Eduardo García Maroto. During the 1940s, San Martín became an actor in secondary roles and was very much in demand in some of the most important Spanish films of that period: ''El fantasma y Doña Juanita'' (1944) directed by Rafael Gil, ''Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945) directed by Antonio Román; ''A los pies de usted'' de Garcia Viñolas (1945); ''La princesa de los Ursinos'' (1947), by Luis Lucia and ''La Lola se va a los puertos'' (1947) and ''Locura de amor'' (1948), both films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
