Secret Agent Fireball (1965)

Original title

Le spie uccidono a Beirut

Directed by

Luciano Martino

Genre

action film, spy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

16

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A secret agent named Fleming travels to Paris, Hamburg, and Beirut to stop a spy ring. He uses gadgets and charm to outwit his enemies.

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What happens

Le spie uccidono a Beirut (literally, The Spies kill in Beirut, also titled Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut, i.e. Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut) is a 1965 Italian/French international co-production spy film pertaining to the Eurospy genre. In this film inspired by the James Bond film series, Richard Harrison stars as Secret Agent Fleming known as Bart Fleming Agent X-117 in some prints and as Bob Fleming Agent 077 in others. The film was directed by film producer Luciano Martino, in one of his few forays into directing. It was released in the United States by American International Pictures as Secret Agent Fireball (to exploit the then current 007 film, Thunderball) and double billed with Spy in Your Eye. The film was shot in Paris, Hamburg and Beirut. Harrison repeated his Agent Fleming role in A 077, sfida ai killers/Killers are Challenged/Mission Casablanca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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