SEGRETISSIMI
Guide to 60s Italian spy movie
Daniele Magni
Bloodbuster, 228 pages
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies
Dictionary of Film
Gallery with filmographies of the actors
Videography and discography
Introduction by Nicholas Giglio
Foreword by Stefano Di Marino
Everyone knows James Bond, Agent 007. But how many remember Agent 077, or agent Joe Walker, or agent 3S3, cheap copies of Ian Fleming's celebrated character made in Italy? Yet each of these characters was so successful that they were the protagonist not only of one, but a series of films. Within a few years, between 1965 and 1968, Italy produced (or rather co-produced) just under two hundred films in the espionage genre, in the wake of success of the 007 films. By the law of numbers, at least some of these films are worthy of rediscovery. Follow us on this journey into one of the less popular genres of Italian film, and you will be surprised to find how many Agents licensed to kill by Cinecittàconquered the world …
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