''Operation Poker'' ( it, Operazione Poker, es, Operación Póker: agente 05-14) is a
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
Italian-Spanish
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) ...
produced, written and directed by
Osvaldo Civirani
Osvaldo Civirani (19 May 1917 - 20 February 2008) was an Italian still photographer, producer, director, cinematographer, screenwriter and author.
Until 1963, Civirani worked mainly as still photographer on over two hundred films.
From 1963 un ...
.
The first choice for the main role was
Ken Clark, who was replaced by
Roger Browne
Roger Browne is an American actor known best for his work in the peplum and Eurospy films popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
Roger Browne enrolled in pilot training while serving in the U.S. Air Force, flying the AT-6 trainer a ...
a few days before the start of filming.
[Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. .] It was mainly shot in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
.
Cast
*
Roger Browne
Roger Browne is an American actor known best for his work in the peplum and Eurospy films popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
Roger Browne enrolled in pilot training while serving in the U.S. Air Force, flying the AT-6 trainer a ...
as Glenn Forest
*
José Greci
José Greci (10 January 1941 – 1 June 2017) was an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Life and career
Born in Ferrara as Giuseppina Greci, the daughter of the journalist and television writer Luigi. In 1956 at just fifteen years old ...
as Helga
*
Sancho Gracia
Félix Ángel Sancho Gracia (27 September 1936 – 8 August 2012) was a Spanish motion picture and television actor.
Biography
Gracia was born and died in Madrid. He started his acting career in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he lived from 1947 u ...
as John Parker
* Roberto Messina as Omar (credited as Bob Messenger)
*
Carla Calò
Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialecta ...
as Russian Agent (credited as Carol Brown)
*
Andrea Scotti
Andrea Scotti (born 27 August 1931) is an Italian film and television actor.
Background
Born in Naples, Scotti attended at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1956. During his career he was mainly active in genre f ...
as Frank (credited as Andrew Scott)
*
Helga Liné
Helga Liné (; born Helga Lina Stern on 14 July 1932) is a German-born Portuguese-Spanish-American film actress and circus acrobat best known for her work in the horror genre of film. She made 132 appearances mostly in film between 1941 and 20 ...
as Glenn's Girlfriend
References
External links
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1965 films
1960s spy thriller films
Spanish spy thriller films
1960s Italian-language films
Italian spy thriller films
Films directed by Osvaldo Civirani
Films scored by Piero Umiliani
1960s Italian films
Films shot in Copenhagen
1960s Spanish films
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