Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Alfonso Balcázar (screenplay)
Bruno Corbucci (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 May 1966 (Italy)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is...

Plot Keywords:

Spy

Cast

Giuliano Gemma	...	Kirk Warren
George Martin	...	Chico Pérez
Lorella De Luca	...	Frida Kadar
Nieves Navarro	...	Alina Shakespeare
Daniele Vargas	...	Tol Lim
Cesarina Riccarda Guazzelli	...	Zia di Frida
Antonio Casas	...	Prof. Padereski
George Rigaud	...	Sir Sebastian Wilcox
Manuel Muñiz	...	Dupont (as Pajarito)
Carlo Gentili		(as Carlo Gentili Del Carrasco)
Amparo Díaz
Franco Morici
Nazzareno Zamperla		(as Nick Anderson)
Juan Torres

Also Known As:

Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang (Spain) (USA)
Bacia e spara (Italy)

Runtime:

Italy:112 min | Spain:95 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas

Movie Connections:

Edited into Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Love Love ... Bang Bang

Before Austin there was Kirk!

Ex-secret Agent Kirk Warren (played by Giuliano Gemma, Italian star of the Spaghetti Western "Ringo" movie series) has been imprisoned for trying to steal $1,000,000 of government money. He is spared, however, when they decide to send him to Switzerland on his most dangerous mission yet: He must steal a secret formula and expose the corrupt Doctor X! This film, a straight up satire ala Jess Franco's "Lucky The Inscrutible" or "Austin Powers", is really somewhat hit or miss with the jokes but is salvaged by a good performance from Gemma, a great score by composer Bruno Nicolai and a decent supporting cast. I give the movie a 7 despite it's sometimes dry gags (the score gets a 9!).