Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang (1966)
"Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang" (original title)

Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has ... See full summary »

Director:

Duccio Tessari

Writers:

Alfonso Balcázar (screenplay), Bruno Corbucci (screenplay),

Stars:

Giuliano Gemma, George Martin, Lorella De Luca

Cast

Cast overview:
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

Storyline

Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has to steal a secret formula in Switzerland and try to expose the real identity of Mr. X. Kirk leaves London and Alina, his girl, together with three clumsy friends to accomplish his not so secret mission. But Kirk's great love is always a million dollars and not a secret formula.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | james bond spoof | spying | repetition in title

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

16 May 1966 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 6,649,985 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas, Mediterranee P.C., Méditerranée Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The critic Pauline Kael named her second book after this film. She called the title "perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies".

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Crazy Credits

Socrates, the smartest bird brain in the business! (a parrot)

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

"Love Love ... Bang Bang"
By Cassia and Bruno Nicolai
Performed by Nancy Cuomo

User Reviews

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!).