Operation Kid Brother (1967)
"OK Connery" (original title)

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known ... See full summary »

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Paolo Levi (story), Paolo Levi (screenplay),

Stars:

Neil Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Adolfo Celi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	(credit only)
Enzo Consoli	...	Sitting Man at Lecture (as Vincenzo Consoli)
Mirella Pamphili	...	(as Mirella Pompili)

Storyline

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.

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Plot Keywords:

agent | generator | british | spear gun | spy | 

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Taglines:

Neil Connery is too much.

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Genres:

Thriller | Action

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

20 April 1967 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Operation Kid Brother

Filming Locations:

Monaco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Produzione D.S. (Dario Sabatello)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quite a number of actors and regulars from the EON Productions James Bond series appear in this spoof even playing similar characters. These included Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Daniela Bianchi, Anthony Dawson and Adolfo Celi.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

The "Operation Double 007" print ends with the credit: "Released through United Artists." UA was the company that released the James Bond film franchise, too.

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Connections

References From Russia with Love (1963)

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Soundtracks

"OK Connery"
By Audrey Nohra (as Nohra), Bruno Nicolai (as Nicolai) and Ennio Morricone (as Morricone)
Sung by Khristy

User Reviews

You really have to wonder how they got away with this...

This film is a complete and utter rip off of the James Bond franchise. More so than say "The Agent From H.A.R.M" and others of its ilk. No, this one has the audacity to actually have actors and actresses from the James Bond Franchise and almost makes it out like it is occurring within the same universe. To top it off, they get Sean Connery's brother to play the lead role. However, it did go by rather quickly and there were some very nice looking females in some very nice outfits to keep one distracted that for the most part this film sucked.

The film revolves around a plastic surgeon named Neil Connery...what the heck? They do not even bother changing his name, sheesh. Well an evil organization is up to no good and it is up to a plastic surgeon to save the day. Strangely Bernard Lee and Louis Maxwell appear in this one and make references to the actual Bond films. How does that work? It seems kind of inappropriate for them to be in the flick, but I guess they were not making the big bucks Connery was so a paycheck is a paycheck. Well Neil does his best to stop the bad guys, the lead being the main villain in Thunderball and the actress who played Rosa Klebb is here too. I guess they hoped people would simply think this has to be part of the Bond universe with all the people from that series in it!

As for Neil, he looks a lot like his brother. I am sure he did not have a lot of trouble getting the ladies in his youth. However, acting ability was not divided up equally as this guy may have similar eyes to Sean's, but no emotion can be seen within them. The guy is a complete bore, it is no wonder he was not in many other films other than this one. Like I said, thankfully you have a boat load of buxom beauties to look at as you try to watch this film, where the villains always find the most idiotic things to wear.

This film is another in a long line of films that were released during this time frame trying to capitalize on the very successful James Bond franchise. It just did so in a more blatant way. I give them credit for luring the actors and actresses from that series, though I also wonder what a lot of them were thinking. I kind of want to say there were a few more from the Bond franchise in this one as I recognized a couple of others, I just mentioned the ones I knew for sure. One thing about a plastic surgeon spy, once he messes you up he can restore you back the way you were!