Starring Anthony Eisley, Wandisa Guida, Diana Lorys, Luisa Rivelli, Francisco Sanz
Directed by Antonio Margheriti
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A secret agent is sent to Florida to discover why missiles to the moon are continually sabotaged, and discovers a plot by a megalomaniacal villain to control the world.
A Eurospy film from the prolific Italian director Antonio Margheriti, also known by the Italian title Operazione Goldman, the production imports American Eisley to play the lead, better known for headlining low budget sci-fi movies in the States. He's no James Bond, but acquits himself rather well, particularly when battling minions of the villain with karate chops and fisticuffs in a vast undersea complex. The screenplay sets himself up rather uniquely for these films as the subordinate of Lorys, although there's plenty of sexist innuendo and Eisley and Lorys are canoodling before too long. The set pieces aren't quite equal to a Bond film, but the art direction for the picture is pretty good, and the photography, score, editing, and special effects (minus some grainy stock footage of missile launches), are more than adequate, with the entire production well-directed by Margheriti. I haven't seen enough Eurospy entries to rate this among the better ones, but it certainly held my interest.
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