Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966)
"Requiem per un agente segreto" (original title)

Director:

Sergio Sollima

Writers:

Sergio Donati (screenplay), Sergio Donati (story),

Stars:

Stewart Granger, Daniela Bianchi, Peter van Eyck

Cast

Cast overview:
Stewart Granger	...	Jimmy Merrill
Daniela Bianchi	...	Evelyn
Peter van Eyck	...	Oscar Rubeck
Giulio Bosetti	...	Erik
María Granada	...	Betty Lou
Beni Deus	...	Moran
Luis Induni	...	Charles Bressart
Enrique Navarro	...	Galvao
Franco Andrei	...	Ned Robbins
Wolfgang Hillinger	...	Alexej
Mirella Pamphili	...	Stripper
John Karlsen	...	Franco
Gianni Rizzo	...	Atenopoulos
Giorgia Moll	...	Edith

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

adventurer

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Genres:

Comedy | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy Spain West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 October 1966 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Requiem for a Secret Agent

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 17,715,932 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Venus P.C. S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 47940 delivered on 13-10-1966.

User Reviews

Unpleasant spy thriller

Stewart Granger's last foray into the spy genre opens with a stripper act where a bullfight film is projected onto a girl's body as she seductively removes her clothing. I can't help but see this as a metaphor for the general attitude of the film in treating women as appliances, or worse. Of Granger's three spy films made in the 60's (the other two being Red Dragon and Target For Killing), this is the most violent and misogynist.

The film wants to be a morality play but the lack of conviction for such things shows through too often to be taken seriously. It's a pretty tight little espionage thriller but the hidden agendas of the filmmakers make it clear we're in the hands of the less capable. What could have been a cynical look at the meaninglessness of politics at this level, and it certainly tries to be that, the film instead reveals itself as a showcase of redneck attitudes and poor judgment. Adding insult to injury is the fact the score by no less than Piero Umiliani is not up to the standard we have come to expect.