''The Last Chance'' ( it, Scacco internazionale) is a 1968 Italian
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) ...
written and directed by and starring
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...
. It was the last film of
Daniela Bianchi
Daniela Bianchi (born 31 January 1942) is an Italian actress, best known for her role of Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 movie '' From Russia with Love''. She played a Soviet cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond. Bianchi's fa ...
, who married shortly after and abandoned show business to devote herself to her family.
[Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. pp 216-218. .] It is also the only spy film of
Carlo Delle Piane, but his scenes were removed from the final cut.
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Plot
Cast
* Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...
as Patrick Harris
* Daniela Bianchi
Daniela Bianchi (born 31 January 1942) is an Italian actress, best known for her role of Bond girl Tatiana Romanova in the 1963 movie '' From Russia with Love''. She played a Soviet cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond. Bianchi's fa ...
as Helen Harris
* Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the s ...
as George McConnell
* Luisa Baratto as Stephanie McConnell
* Umberto Raho
Umberto Raho (4 June 1922 – 9 January 2016) was an Italian stage, film and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Bari, the son of an Italian father and a Bulgarian mother, Raho graduated in philosophy and then, immediately after the w ...
as Carlo
* Luciano Rossi
Luciano Rossi (28 November 1934 – 29 May 2005) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1966 and 1987. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Partial filmography
* ''Ten Italians for One German'' (1962) - German Soldier ...
as Besive
* Bill Vanders as Clark
* Franco Ressel
Franco Ressel (8 February 1925 – 30 April 1985) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1961 and 1985. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.
Selected filmography
* ''La cento chilometri'' (19 ...
as Inspector
* Mario Maranzana
Mario Maranzana (14 July 1940 – 11 January 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Background
Born in Trieste, Maranzana began his career in the theater with Vittorio Gassman in '' Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles, then worked with, among others ...
References
External links
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Italian spy thriller films
1960s spy thriller films
Films directed by Giuseppe Rosati
Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
1960s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
1960s English-language films
1960s Italian films
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