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Italian film directed by Lucio Fulci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. The film is the third of three comedies with the duo by the same director, with ''

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'' and '' 0-2 agenti segretissimi,'' to be released in 1964, ''00-2 agenti segretissimi'' being the only colour film of the three. It is a

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of 007 spy films, the first of four starring the comic duo Franco e Ciccio (the other being Simonelli's ''

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'', Bava's '' Le spie vengono dal semifreddo'' and Fulci's

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). The characters of the two thieves would also be present, also played by the Sicilian duo, but with different names, in Fulci's ''

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'' in 1965, a film that is sometimes presented as a sequel to ''00-2 agenti segretissimi''.

Plot

Two burglars (played by Franco and Ciccio) are manipulated by American secret agents in order to attract spies from other countries and distract them.

Production and release

The film was produced by Mega films. It is one of the 13 films directed by Fulci that star the Sicilian comic duo of Franco and Ciccio.

Reception

A retrospective review finds that "There's pretty much no plot to speak of, and no sense of escalation as the film staggers towards its underwhelming climax." and that "There are barely enough jokes here for a half-hour sitcom, and those that we do get are weak, repetitive and not very funny."

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