''Lucky, the Inscrutable'' ( it, Agente speciale L.K.: Operazione Re Mida, es, Lucky, el intrépido, german: Lucky M. füllt alle Särge) is a 1967 Spanish-Italian-German

spy film The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films) ...

directed by

Jesús Franco Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation film, exploitation and B-movies. In a career spanning from 1959 to 2013, he wrote, directe ...

and starring

Ray Danton Ray Danton (born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992) was a radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies ''The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond'' (1960 ...

. It marked the first collaboration between Franco and the Italian composer

Bruno Nicolai Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s. While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, ...

, who worked together many times in the following years. Franco said he and Nicolai were neighbors, which made working together convenient (Franco played not one, but three, small cameo roles in this film). This film was Franco's first Spanish-Italian-German co-production, and was also his first film for German producer

Artur Brauner Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; 1 August 1918 – 7 July 2019) was a German film producer and entrepreneur of Polish origin. He produced more than 300 films from 1946. Life and career He was born the oldest son of a Jewish family ...

. It was also Italian actress Rosalba Neri's first Franco film.

Patty Shepard Patricia Moran Shepard (October 1, 1945 – January 3, 2013) was an American film actress based in Madrid, Spain. She appeared in more than fifty Spanish, Italian and French films from the 1960s to the 1980s, notably several cult horror films. ...

, 21 in this film, went on to become a famous cult star of Spanish horror cinema several years later. The film was not shown theatrically in the USA. The most complete print is the Italian print, running at 92 minutes.

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* 1967 films Italian spy comedy films Spanish spy comedy films West German films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Jesús Franco 1960s spy comedy films Films set in Italy Italian superhero films Films set in Albania 1967 comedy films Parody films based on James Bond films 1960s Italian films 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub