Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper
| Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper | |
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Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Burton van Hooven |
| Written by | John Griffith (story and screenplay) Edgar Arkoff Hilde Weiss |
| Cinematography | Ernest John Mercury |
| Music by | Italo Fischetti |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper is a black-and-white[1] 1966 Italian spy comedy film directed by Burton van Hooven, a possible alias of Cesare Canevari.[2] It is a parody of James Bond's Thunderball and a sequel to Un tango dalla Russia (1965) with Dan Christian repeating his role as Agente 070.
Premise
Dan Cooper is assigned to investigate the murder of a colleague. The trail leads to a gang of diamond smugglers.
Cast
- Dan Christian as Agent 070 Dan Cooper
- Vasna Welsh as Secret Agent
- Roberto Messina (credited as Bob Messenger) as Sergeant Bear
- Mills Mason as Paco
- Ursula Kent as Rossabella
- Lolita Ritz as Regina
- Attilio Dottesio as the director
Reception
Italian film critic Marco Giusti described the film as "even more foolish" than its first chapter and "unwatchable".[3]
References
- ^ Agente segreto 070: Thunderbay missione Grasshopper (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-02-17 – via www.cinematografo.it.
- ^ Poppi, Roberto (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
- ^ Giusti, Marco (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. p. 8. ISBN 8820029197.
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