Secret Agent 077 is a fictional superspy, lead character in a
trilogy
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of
Eurospy
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to 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 Bo ...
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
Sergio Grieco (13 January 1917 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco.
Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1931, working as an assis ...
under the
pseudonym
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Terence Hathaway, the third directed by
Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...
, with all starring Ken Clark. All were Italian/French and Spanish co-productions shot around the world in Technicolor and
Techniscope
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.
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Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary'' (1965)
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Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury'' (1965)
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Special Mission Lady Chaplin
''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' ( it, Missione speciale Lady Chaplin, french: L'affaire Lady Chaplin, es, Operación Lady Chaplin, also known as ''Operation Lady Chaplin'') is a 1966 Italian-French-Spanish Eurospy film directed by Alberto De Ma ...
'' (1966) (directed by
Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...
)
In 1967 the same production company produced ''
The Tiffany Memorandum
''Tiffany Memorandum'' (also known as ''The Tiffany Memorandum'') is a 1967 Eurospy film directed by Sergio Grieco. It is an international co-production between Italy, France (where the film is known as ''Coup de force à Berlin'') and West German ...
'' directed by Grieco but starring Clark as "Dick Hallam" a journalist drawn into the CIA.
Other films
Brett Halsey
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played an Agent 077 with the name of George Farrell in ''
Espionage in Lisbon
''Espionage in Lisbon'' ( es, Misión Lisboa, it, Da 077: intrigo a Lisbona, french: 077 intrigue à Lisbonne, also known as ''Mission Lisbon'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian-French Eurospy film directed by Federico Aicardi and Tulio Demicheli. It i ...
'' whilst
Luis Dávila played Agent S.077 with the name of "Marc Mato" or "Mike Murphy" in ''
Espionage in Tangier
''Espionage in Tangier'' ( es, Marc Mato, agente S. 077, it, S.077 spionaggio a Tangeri) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian spy film, inspired by James Bond and directed by Gregg C. Tallas.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. pp. 257-2 ...
''.
Richard Harrison's Bob Fleming in ''
Secret Agent Fireball
''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a 1965 Italian/ French international co-production spy film pert ...
'' and ''
Killers Are Challenged
''Agent 077, sfida ai killers'', internationally released as ''Bob Fleming: Mission Casablanca'' and ''The Killers Are Challenged'', is a 1966 Italian/French international co-production eurospy film directed by Anthony Dawson.Marco Giusti. ''007 al ...
'' was titled Agent 077 in some countries.
A 1968
Indian
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* South Asia ...
film was titled ''Golden Eyes Secret Agent 077''.
Notes
Italian film series
Italian spy thriller films
Fictional secret agents and spies
Italian adventure films
Parody films based on James Bond films
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