Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper

Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper
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	1966 (1966)
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  [ 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

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

References

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.

External links

• Agente Segreto 070: Thunderbay Missione Grasshopper at IMDb