OK Connery (1967)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Paolo Levi (story)
Paolo Levi (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 April 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Thriller | Action

Tagline:

OPERATION KID BROTHER is Too Much for One Mother!

Plot:

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | British | Generator | Agent | Tuxedo

Cast

Neil Connery	...	Dr. Neil Connery
Daniela Bianchi	...	Maya Rafis
Adolfo Celi	...	Mr. Thai - 'Beta'
Agata Flori	...	Mildred
Bernard Lee	...	Commander Cunningham
Anthony Dawson	...	Alpha
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Maxwell
Yachuco Yama	...	Miss Yashuko
Franco Giacobini	...	Juan
Ana María Noé	...	Lotte Krayendorf
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Kurt
Francesco Tensi	...	Auctioneer
Margherita Horowitz	...	(scenes deleted) (as Margareth Horowitz)
Enzo Consoli	...	Sitting Man at Lecture (as Vincenzo Consoli)
Mirella Pamphili		(as Mirella Pompili)

Also Known As:

Operation Double 007
Operation Kid Brother (USA)
Secret Agent 00

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Monaco

Company:

Produzione D.S. (Dario Sabatello)

Trivia:

Neil Connery is dubbed.

Quotes:

Miss Maxwell: Well, well, well. It looks like nobody in your family is a rank amateur, hmm?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Operation Double 007 (#6.8)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

OK Connery

Operation: Mimic Connery, M & Moneypenny

MASTER PLAN: Operation Blackmail - controlling the world's gold reserves. A very calculated attempt to copy & make money off the James Bond craze of the sixties, this comes off as a silly joke, maybe intentionally. It's similar to "Licensed to Kill," the 'Charles Vine' Bond cheap copy, but less creative. The plot can be deduced from an alternate title, "Operation Double 007" - that's not a typo - the spy agency of the Bond world requests the services of 007's brother; hence, this is about 007's double (they never completely finish saying '007' out loud, always stopping short of voicing the '7' - ha). 007's brother is played by Sean Connery's real life brother, Neil, with a goatee and a talent for hypnotism. This starts off badly, with Neil Connery, playing a famous genius plastic surgeon, explaining his advanced techniques and how he combines them with Tibetan mind control - it's pathetic drivel - and then some mêlée breaks out. It's groan-inducing. But, the main attraction is for film buffs and Bond fans making all the connections with the real Bond films.

All the main actors (besides N.Connery, whose connection to Bond is already explained) in this one are from one or more James Bond movies. Celi, as the main villain, played a similar role in "Thunderball" (Celi, who looks like an overweight banker, was always playing villains or gangsters in the sixties). Bianchi, the femme fatale, was in "From Russia With Love." Dawson was in "Dr.No." Of course, Bernard Lee (aka M) and Lois Maxwell (aka Ms.Moneypenny) were from most of the Bond films of the sixties and seventies. They duplicate their roles from those here, though Maxwell gets a chance to run around shooting a gun, something she never had a chance to do with her 'receptionist' role in the Bonders. The villains seem to be SPECTRE, though they're referred to by another name, Thanatos, who plan to use some kind of magnetic waves to imbalance the world. The other strange and amusing aspect is that some of the main characters are referred to by their real names (Dr.Connery, Ms. Maxwell, etc.) rather than as Mr.Bond - get it? It's goofy, somewhat dull and a curiosity. Hero:3 Villains:3 Femme Fatales:4 Henchmen:2 Fights:3 Stunts/Chases:3 Gadgets:3 Auto:3 Locations:4 Pace:2 overall:3