''00-2 agenti segretissimi'' (Italian for "00-2 Very Secret Agents"), distributed in English as ''Oh! Those Most Secret Agents!'', is a 1964 Italian film directed by

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including Commedia all'italiana, comedies and spagh ...

starring the comic duo

Franco and Ciccio Franco and Ciccio (, ) were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theatre field, and ende ...

. The film is the third of three comedies with the duo by the same director, with '' I due evasi di Sing Sing'' and ''

I due pericoli pubblici ''I due pericoli pubblici'' (lit. ''The two public enemies'') is a 1964 black-and-white Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Franco and Ciccio Introlia are two scammers. One day they disguise ...

,'' to be released in 1964, ''00-2 agenti segretissimi'' being the only

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of the three. It is a

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of 007 spy films, the first of four starring the comic duo Franco e Ciccio (the other being Simonelli's ''

Due mafiosi contro Goldginger ''Two Mafiosi Against Goldginger'' or ''Due mafiosi contro Goldginger'' is a 1965 Eurospy comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a spoof of the 1964 James Bond film, '' Goldfinger''. It was picked ...

'', Bava's '' Le spie vengono dal semifreddo'' and Fulci's Come rubammo la bomba atomica). The characters of the two thieves would also be present, also played by the Sicilian duo, but with different names, in Fulci's ''

002 Operazione Luna ''002 operazione Luna'' is a 1965 science fiction comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Franco and Ciccio, Mónica Randall and Linda Sini. The film's Spanish print released in 1968 was titled ''Dos cosmonautas a la fuerza'' () a ...

'' in 1965, a film that is sometimes presented as a

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to ''00-2 agenti segretissimi''.

Plot

Franco and Ciccio, two inept apartment thieves, fall into a trap set by American secret agents. The agents capture and then release them, planting a

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on them. The plan is simple: Franco and Ciccio must pose as the agents guarding the microfilm, attracting global spy attention. This diversion allows the real agents to deliver the original film smoothly. However, the duo's clumsiness makes them look like dangerous spies, leading to a relentless chase. Additionally, the organizer discovers they accidentally have the real secret formula. Despite their constant misfortune, it unexpectedly saves them from numerous traps.

Production and release

The film was produced by Mega films. It is one of the 13 films directed by Fulci that star the Sicilian comic duo of Franco and Ciccio.

Reception

A retrospective review finds that "There's pretty much no plot to speak of, and no sense of escalation as the film staggers towards its underwhelming climax." and that "There are barely enough jokes here for a half-hour sitcom, and those that we do get are weak, repetitive and not very funny."

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