Dick Smart 2.007

Dick Smart 2.007
Directed by	Franco Prosperi
Screenplay by	Ottavio Alessi Giorgio Simonelli Duccio Tessari
Story by	Giorgio Moser
Starring	Richard Stapley Margaret Lee
Cinematography	Roberto Gerardi
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Music by	Mario Nascimbene [1]
Release date	9 March 1967 (1967-03-09)(Italy)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Dick Smart 2.007 is a 1967 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Richard Stapley and Margaret Lee. ^[2]

Plot

Secret agent Dick Smart has been assigned by the CIA to investigate the disappearance of five world-renowned nuclear scientists. Lady Lorraine Lister is the head of a criminal organization who hides the five scientists in her secret underground lair located inside the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, and finances their experiments. Dick Smart discovers that Lady Lorraine Lister and Dutch banker Black Diamond have built a nuclear reactor to obtain diamonds from carbon by exploding an atomic bomb.

Cast

• Richard Stapley as Dick Smart (as Richard Wyler)
• Margaret Lee as Lady Lorraine Lister
• Rosana Tapajos as Jeanine Stafford
• Ambrosio Fregolente as Black Diamond
• Flavia Balbi as Patricia
• Elio Guerriero as Scioloff
• Alfredo Leuti
• Valentino Macchi
• Tullio Altamura
• Bernadette Kell
• Assunta De Paoli
• Paolo Ginori Conti
• Guido Lauzi
• Giuseppe Schettino
• Max Turilli

Production

The film was noted for featuring a Vespa 180 SS scooter, which in the film was able to fly and dive underwater. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Release

Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973 reports that the film was relegated to late-night viewings on Italian television, and there is no record of a U.S. or British theatrical release, even in the sixties. ^[6]

Reception

Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul in Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973 criticized "the listless direction of Franco Prosperi" (which the book confuses with Franco E. Prosperi, one of the co-directors of Mondo Cane ) and "the obvious low budget (spare sets, monotonous camera set-ups)". ^[6]

References

1. Spencer, Kristopher (10 January 2014). Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN   978-0-7864-5228-6.
2. Poppi & Pecorari 1992.
3. Pete, Pixel; Dregni, Eric; Martin, Peter. Scooters. MotorBooks International. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-61059-175-1.
4. Mazzanti, Davide (2005). Vespa: Italian Style for the World. Taylor & Francis. p. 154. ISBN   978-88-09-04337-4.
5. Vidari, Pier Paride (2006). On My Vespa: Italy on the Move. Charta. ISBN   978-88-8158-589-2.
6. Lisanti, Tom; Paul, Louis (10 April 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland. p. 179. ISBN   978-0-7864-1194-8.

Bibliography

• Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film, Vol. 3, Dal 1960 al 1969. Rome: Gremese Editore.

External links

• Dick Smart 2.007 at IMDb