Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaOn the run from the police in Athens, a man named Jason has in his possession a microfilm eagerly sought by both criminal gangs and government agencies.On the run from the police in Athens, a man named Jason has in his possession a microfilm eagerly sought by both criminal gangs and government agencies.On the run from the police in Athens, a man named Jason has in his possession a microfilm eagerly sought by both criminal gangs and government agencies.
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Hum Silvers
- Little Boy
- (as Jamie Silver)
Remo De Angelis
- The Bulgarian
- (as Eril Shippers)
Vassili Karis
- Bulgarian's Driver
- (as Val MacKey)
Valentino Macchi
- Marzini
- (as Valerie)
Giulio Coltellacci
- Mister Lloyd
- (as Guy Colte)
Ferdinando Poggi
- Inspector Starkis
- (as Jason Poe)
Graziella Granata
- Rumba
- (as Graziella)
Aldo Cecconi
- Police Official
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Gianni Di Segni
- Bulgarian Henchman
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Alfred Thomas
- Nightclub customer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Nino Vingelli
- Conducente del camioncino
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- ConnessioniEdited into Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs (2007)
Recensione in evidenza
After director Corbucci made his mark with the seminal Spaghetti Western DJANGO (1966), he didn't merely restrain himself to that genre though his work in the field is surely among the most highly regarded (incidentally, I'll be delving for the first time into two more such efforts in the coming days). For this "Euro-Cult" outing, he changed the typical desert landscape in Almeria for the equally evocative streets and landmarks of Athens; the film, in fact, is a generally lighthearted foray into contemporary espionage however, the results aren't nearly as rewarding as Corbucci's more individualistic 'horse operas'!
To begin with, the American hero (Ty Hardin) is rather bland he's a notorious thief who's brought in by plane to serve a sentence in the Greek capital; however, before he has even had time to put his feet on the ground, Hardin is 'kidnapped' by Communist spies in order to retrieve a microfilm embedded in one of the teeth of a dead man! A number of other entities soon reveal themselves to be just as interested in its contents including "Albanian" Gordon Mitchell and mysterious British agent Michael Rennie; the only man the hero can trust is former associate Vittorio Caprioli playing a character called Pizza(!) and currently the owner of a sleazy but popular nightclub in town (with vivacious blonde stripper Graziella Granata as star attraction). Another girl is also involved Paola Pitagora who's introduced as a 'murder victim' of Hardin's, with which the Communists can then blackmail him into acquiescence!; that said, she's an unwilling accomplice since the girl's infant nephew (her deceased sister had been involved with the man in possession of the microfilm) is being held behind the proverbial Iron Curtain.
It's pretty convoluted stuff albeit reasonably engaging while it's on with plenty of double-crosses, chases (especially effective when atypically set against the imposing ruins of the famed Acropolis), fistfights, shoot-outs, explosions, and what have you even if, in the long run, it emerges as little more than a footnote in the director's career! The film turns a bit serious during its latter stages as both women are killed off, and Caprioli takes a severe beating from Mitchell and his thugs; the narrative then concludes with a dual twist first revealing the identity of the chief spy, who's subsequently deported, but then we're shown that he has made off with a copy of the prized microfilm (which, for what it's worth, involved fabricated evidence to incriminate a specific faction for a proposed coup d'etat to be executed by their rivals!) after all. The bouncy score by DJANGO, KILL!'s Ivan Vandor is notable as are the stylish end credits (a characteristic element of spy sagas from this era).
To begin with, the American hero (Ty Hardin) is rather bland he's a notorious thief who's brought in by plane to serve a sentence in the Greek capital; however, before he has even had time to put his feet on the ground, Hardin is 'kidnapped' by Communist spies in order to retrieve a microfilm embedded in one of the teeth of a dead man! A number of other entities soon reveal themselves to be just as interested in its contents including "Albanian" Gordon Mitchell and mysterious British agent Michael Rennie; the only man the hero can trust is former associate Vittorio Caprioli playing a character called Pizza(!) and currently the owner of a sleazy but popular nightclub in town (with vivacious blonde stripper Graziella Granata as star attraction). Another girl is also involved Paola Pitagora who's introduced as a 'murder victim' of Hardin's, with which the Communists can then blackmail him into acquiescence!; that said, she's an unwilling accomplice since the girl's infant nephew (her deceased sister had been involved with the man in possession of the microfilm) is being held behind the proverbial Iron Curtain.
It's pretty convoluted stuff albeit reasonably engaging while it's on with plenty of double-crosses, chases (especially effective when atypically set against the imposing ruins of the famed Acropolis), fistfights, shoot-outs, explosions, and what have you even if, in the long run, it emerges as little more than a footnote in the director's career! The film turns a bit serious during its latter stages as both women are killed off, and Caprioli takes a severe beating from Mitchell and his thugs; the narrative then concludes with a dual twist first revealing the identity of the chief spy, who's subsequently deported, but then we're shown that he has made off with a copy of the prized microfilm (which, for what it's worth, involved fabricated evidence to incriminate a specific faction for a proposed coup d'etat to be executed by their rivals!) after all. The bouncy score by DJANGO, KILL!'s Ivan Vandor is notable as are the stylish end credits (a characteristic element of spy sagas from this era).
- Bunuel1976
- 8 ago 2008
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