''Super Seven Calling Cairo'' (Italian: ''Superseven chiama Cairo'') is a

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Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

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 ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

directed by

Umberto Lenzi Umberto Lenzi (6 August 1931 – 19 October 2017) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist. A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unr ...

and adapted from his own novel of the same name written under the pseudonym "H. Humbert". It stars

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 the titular secret agent opposite

Fabienne Dali Fabienne Dali (born Marie-Louise De Vos; 22 September 1941) is a Belgian actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films from 1960 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * 1941 births Living people Belgian film ac ...

Massimo Serato Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years. Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in ...

, and

Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri (born 19 June 1939) is a retired Italian actress. Early life Born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Neri was regarded for her beauty even in youth, winning a beauty pageant when she was still young. Eventually pursuing an acting ca ...

. Shot mostly in Egypt, the film is heavily inspired by the early

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films starring

Sean Connery Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Origina ...

. It is followed by ''

The Spy Who Loved Flowers ''The Spy Who Loved Flowers'' ( it, Le spie amano i fiori, also known as ''Hell Cats'') is a 1966 Italian/Spanish co-production science fiction-Eurospy film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi (here credited as "Hubert Humphry"). Set in Paris, ...

'' in which Browne reprises his role as Martin Stevens, and Lenzi returns to write and direct the film.

Premise

Martin Stevens - a British agent known by his codename "Superseven" - is sent to recover a modified radioactive metal disguised as a camera lens, stolen and sold to an unaware civilian by mistake. The trail leads him to Cairo in pursuit of the camera where he learns that Russian spies are also after the same device in the hopes of putting the western powers at a disadvantage while per business as usual, Stevens comes across several people in the field who are not who they seem to claim.

Cast

as Martin Stevens / Superseven *

as Denise *

as Alex *

Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...

as Il Levantino (as Andrew Ray) *

Dina De Santis Dina De Santis (born 21 December 1943) is an Italian former actress. Life and career Born Carlotta Provin in Vicenza, as a child De Santis won a beauty contest and at young age she started working for the advertising industry and on stage. ...

as Tania *

as Faddja *Antonio Gradoli as Yussef (as Anthony Gradwell) *Stella Monclar as Nietta *

Mino Doro Mino Doro (6 May 1903 – 13 April 1992) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than a hundred films between 1932 and 1970. Doro generally played supporting and character roles. He appeared as a blackshirt in the 1934 Fascist propaganda fi ...

as Il Professore *Franco Castellani as L'Ispettore Stugel *Claudio Biava as Hans *Emilio Messina as Nickols *Francesco De Leone as Prof. Gabin *

as Faddja *

Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...

as Captain Hume

External links

* 1965 films 1960s spy thriller films Italian action films Italian spy thriller films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Umberto Lenzi 1960s action films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub