Espionage in Lisbon
Director: Federico Aicardi
Year: 1965
Rating: 4.0
Country: Euro
Aka 007 - Mission Lisbon
I have seen a few Eurospy films and though most of them are rather shoddy
affairs they are also quite fun with their absurd plotlines, attractive women
and a smattering of just crazy stuff. This one was just plain boring and
the fights were as convincing as a three year old reciting Hamlet. But I
did enjoy the location shooting in Lisbon. Have to get there some day.
Both the USA and Russia have a weapon that can blind an entire nation, but
a scientist has discovered a way to block it and wants to sell it to the
good guys. That would be us in 1965. So they send Agent 077 to get to the
scientist and retrieve it. The bad guys headed by Fernando Rey and his pretty
helper with about a hundred minions are out to get it too. And this leads
to a lot of fistfights when 007 isn't chasing after everything in a skirt.
007 played by Brett Halsey basically smirks his way through the film and
doesn't do anything till the one hour mark. Rey would of course go on to
The French Connection and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise while Halsey
who had had a TV series called Follow the Sun would do a lot more acting
in Europe. This was basically a stinker.
