Black Box Affair (1969)

Original title

Black box affair: Il mondo trema

Directed by

Marcello Ciorciolini

Genre

spy film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American secret agent teams up with a Soviet spy to stop a mysterious enemy from using a secret weapon. Their uneasy alliance mixes action with low-stakes comedy.

breezylightheartedwhimsicalretroplayfulquirkyfast-pacedcold-war-era

What happens

Black Box Affair (Italian: Black Box Affair - Il mondo trema, Spanish: Amenaza black box) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Eurospy film written and directed by Marcello Ciorciolini and starring Craig Hill (at his only spy film) and Teresa Gimpera. Hill first met Gimpera in this film, and the couple got married shortly later. It is one of the rare films of the time depicting an alliance between Soviets and Americans to face a higher menace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Seven Minutes to Die (1969)
• The Killer Likes Candy (1968)
• Top Secret (1967)
• Une ravissante idiote (1963)
• Serenade for Two Spies (1965)
• The Last Chance (1968)
• Desperate Mission (1965)
• Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)