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Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper

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Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper
Original film poster
Directed byBurton van Hooven
Written byJohn Griffith (story and screenplay)
Edgar Arkoff
Hilde Weiss
CinematographyErnest John Mercury
Music byItalo Fischetti
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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

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Dan Cooper is assigned to investigate the murder of a colleague. The trail leads to a gang of diamond smugglers.

Cast

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  • Dan Christian as Agent 070 Dan Cooper
  • Vasna Welsh as Secret Agent
  • Roberto Messina [it] (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

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Italian film critic Marco Giusti described the film as "even more foolish" than its first chapter and "unwatchable".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Agente segreto 070: Thunderbay missione Grasshopper (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-02-17 – via www.cinematografo.it.
  2. ^ Poppi, Roberto (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
  3. ^ Giusti, Marco (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. p. 8. ISBN 8820029197.
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