Licensed to Kill (1965)

Directed by

Lindsay Shonteff

Genre

parody film, spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

18

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British spy named Charles Vine goes on a mission with gadgets and girls. The film is a low-budget spoof of James Bond movies from the 1960s.

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What happens

Licensed to Kill is an Eastmancolor 1965 superspy imitation James Bond film starring Tom Adams as British secret agent Charles Vine. It was directed and co-written by Lindsay Shonteff. Producer Joseph E. Levine picked it up for American and worldwide distribution and reedited it under the title The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World. The theme song for the American version, composed by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and performed by Sammy Davis Jr., is used in the 2011 film drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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