''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a
1965
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Italian/
French
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international co-production spy film pertaining to the
Eurospy genre.
In this film inspired by the
James Bond film series,
Richard Harrison stars as Secret Agent Fleming known as Bart Fleming Agent X-117 in some prints and as Bob Fleming Agent 077 in others. The film was directed by film producer
Luciano Martino, in one of his few forays into directing. It was released in the United States by
American International Pictures as Secret Agent Fireball (to exploit the then current
007 film, ''
Thunderball'') and
double billed with ''
Spy in Your Eye''. The film was shot in Paris, Hamburg and Beirut.
Harrison repeated his Agent Fleming role in ''
A 077, sfida ai killers
''Agent 077, sfida ai killers'', internationally released as ''Bob Fleming: Mission Casablanca'' and ''The Killers Are Challenged'', is a 1966 Italian/French international co-production eurospy film directed by Anthony Dawson (film director), Antho ...
''/''Killers are Challenged''/''Mission Casablanca''.
Plot
When a series of scientists are killed, Bart Fleming Secret Agent X-177 travels to Hamburg and Beirut to discover that Soviet Agents are killing the scientists. Both sides want the information the scientists took with them when they escaped from the USSR; a roll of
microfilm containing information about the Soviet
H-Bomb. The only link left to the film is a daughter of one of the scientists.
Cast
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Richard Harrison ... Agent Fleming
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Dominique Boschero ... Liz
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Luciano Pigozzi ... Yuri (as Alan Collins)
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Aldo Cecconi
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* Aldo Bonzi
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... Ivan (as Jim Clay)
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Wandisa Guida ... Elena
*
Alcide Borik ... Lepetit the Taxi Driver
*
Danny Taborra
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... Adolf Grune
*
Goffredo Unger ... Baalbek the Tribal Leader
*
Carla Calò
Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialecta ...
... Jane Cartland
*
Jean Ozenne ... Fleming's Boss
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Audry Fisher ... Heidi
References
External links
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1965 films
1960s Italian-language films
Italian spy thriller films
1960s action thriller films
1960s spy thriller films
American International Pictures films
Films set in Lebanon
Films scored by Carlo Savina
Parody films based on James Bond films
1960s Italian films
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