''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

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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 ...

and

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. It is the third and last of the

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starring Ken Clark as 077 and

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as fashion expert and professional killer Lady Arabella Chaplin. Bianchi reprised her role as Arabella in ''

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'' (1967). The film was shot in New York City, London, Madrid, Rome, and Paris.

Plot

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Dick Malloy (Jack Clifton in the German release) is sent to Madrid when someone wishes to sell a

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apparently recovered from the sunken American nuclear submarine USS Thresher. Once the item is identified as a genuine article, the man selling the information is killed before he can reveal how he acquired the dog tag from the ocean floor. Malloy and his boss Heston interview the

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type marine salvage multi-millionaire Zoltan in order to determine whether the wreck of the submarine could be accessed. Zoltan denies it is possible but Heston and Malloy do not believe Zoltan is telling the truth. Using an advanced

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, Malloy travels to the site of the remains of the ''Thresher'' and discovers that the 16 Polaris missiles with nuclear warheads carried by the submarine are missing.

Cast

* Ken Clark as Dick Malloy *

as Lady Arabella Chaplin *

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as Hilde *

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as Kobre Zoltan * Mabel Karr as Jacqueline *

Alfredo Mayo Alfredo Fernández Martínez (17 May 1911 in Barcelona – 19 May 1985 in Palma de Mallorca) better known as Alfredo Mayo was a Spanish actor. Biography After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of ...

as Sir Hillary *

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as Heston *

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as Constance Day * Tomás Blanco as Inspector Soler

Release

''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' was released in Italy on August 12, 1966. It was released in France on June 18, 1967.

References

External links

* 1966 films Italian spy thriller films 1960s spy thriller films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Alberto De Martino French spy thriller films Spanish spy thriller films Films directed by Sergio Grieco Films about nuclear war and weapons Films scored by Bruno Nicolai 1960s parody films 1966 comedy films Films shot in New York City Films shot in London 1960s Italian films 1960s French films {{1960s-thriller-film-stub