''Bons Baisers de Hong Kong'' (also known as ''From Hong Kong with Love'') is a 1975 French
spy comedy film
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directed by
Yvan Chiffre
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre.
Biography
He was the stunt coordinator of ...
.
It is a
parody
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and
spin-off
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of the
''James Bond'' film series starring
Les Charlots,
[ with ]Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
portraying the antagonist. Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from ...
and Lois Maxwell
Lois Ruth Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker; 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was a Canadian actress who portrayed Miss Moneypenny in the first fourteen Eon-produced ''James Bond'' films (1962–1985). She was the first actress to play the ...
make cameos in their roles as M and Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny, later assigned the first names of Eve or Jane, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's superior officer and head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
Alt ...
(though the characters remain unnamed). Part of the picture was filmed at the Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
studios in Hong Kong
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. Besides the James Bond series, the film also parodies Hong Kong martial arts films.
Synopsis
The film starts with James Bond
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being shot and killed during in a parody of the James Bond gun barrel sequence. Queen
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Elizabeth II
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(Huguette Funfrock) is then kidnapped by a wealthy American megalomaniac (Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
). Since their best agent is dead, the British secret services
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ask for help from their French counterparts, the SDECE. The Les Charlots group are tasked with hiding the queen's disappearance while the investigation continues to Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
, then to Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. In the meantime, a parisian concierge, who is a dead ringer for Elizabeth II, impersonates the Queen in public.
Cast
References
External links
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French spy comedy films
1975 films
1970s spy comedy films
Parody films based on James Bond films
French parody films
Films shot in Hong Kong
1970s parody films
1975 comedy films
1970s martial arts comedy films
1970s French films
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