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What the f#&@ !!!, 4 March 2002
Author: fiddler_on_the_roof from South Dakota, U.S.A.

The is definitely the stupidest (and funniest) film that I have ever seen! A movie about a butt ugly woman with a 73 inch bust with a camera implanted in her left boobie is definitely Oscar-worthy material. Just looking at Ms. Chesty makes my back hurt.

Rating a negative 57 out of 1000

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Fascinatingly bad!, 11 January 2009
4/10
Author: gridoon2009

"Double Agent 73" is an amateurish and inept movie, yet there is an honesty about its amateurishness and ineptness: you get the feeling that the people involved didn't want to cheat you, they really did try to make an espionage / action movie, they just lacked the talent and budget required. Sure, you could complain all day long about the pointlessly long shots of, say, horse-racing, or the sped-up "car chase", or the lack of logic in the story, but you also have to give credit to the film's creativity: it's not every day you can see a punch with the breast replacing the fist, or death via ice cubes stuffed into the victim's mouth! Chesty Morgan gives a somewhat catatonic performance (she's no worse than anyone else in the cast, mind you), and there can be little argument that her breasts are unerotic (bigger is not always better), however she does have a pretty face and nice legs. (*1/2)

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A spy movie like you've never seen, 20 May 2007
7/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

OK, technically, I guess this isn't really a spy movie, or maybe it's sort of a secret agent movie, or maybe...well, I don't know, Doris Wishman directed & produced it, so maybe it's just one of the strangest things you've ever watched and let's leave it at that. Chesty Morgan plays Jane, who apparently is some kind of agent, who is called in to investigate a drug ring who have been smuggling bad heroin into the US. To aid her in her quest, she has had a camera installed in her left breast, and all she has to do is squeeze it to take pictures, which is actually probably far more strenuous than it sounds. Having recovered from her surgery, Jane (Chesty) is up and dressed in a bevy of eye-catching outfits and out to find the leader of this gang. Along the way she meets up with a dispatches various gang members and is always careful to strip and photograph them after each killing. One man dies with his mouth crammed full of ice cubes, etc. As with most Doris Wishman films, the "what the f***?" factor is always in overdrive, and with the continuity (or lack thereof) and the ridiculous outfits on Chesty and the fact that she's some kind of agent to begin with, well, that just makes the viewer gape in awe. As always we have Wishman's trademark filming of unimportant objects to draw the viewer's attention away from the dialog being dubbed in afterward. Heaven forbid that anyone would think they were watching a poorly-made film. One good thing about this is that there's some jazzy-twangy horn & guitar music, suitable for a spy movie, and not just Wishman's trademark elevator music for the background. After having watched both of Wishman's epic films with Morgan though, I can't help feeling a bit sorry for her, because she truly doesn't look very happy & I'm sure she wasn't the most comfortable person in the world. But at any rate, if you're a trash/cult movie fan, you'll probably enjoy this, if you have no idea what any of this is about, you'd be best off to stay the hell away. 7 out of 10.

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Unbelievable! Must be seen to be believed!, 24 November 2006
8/10
Author: alanmora from United States

This is the "Queen of Exploitation", Doris Wishman's hilariously inept follow-up to her previous collaboration with the obscenely endowed Chesty Morgan ("Deadly Weapons"). Yes, she of the 73-inch breasts returns to the silver screen in this astonishingly cheap pseudo-sequel which is even more outrageous than it's predecessor. Here Chesty plays super agent Jane Tenay who is tailing a string of heroin pushers. A camera is planted in her bosom and she is instructed to photograph everyone that she eliminates, which she accomplishes by squeezing her mammoth mammories! Chock full of the typical Doris Wishman "trademarks" (close-ups of inanimate objects such as an ashtray, feet, or usually Chesty's massive cleavage) this flick was sampled in the John Waters comedy classic "Serial Mom"...it must be seen to be believed!

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She's baaaa-aaaack!, 26 December 2001
Author: Vince-5 from Pennsylvania

Doris Wishman followed up the immensely successful Deadly Weapons with this all-you-can-eat lunatic buffet. Ivan Toplar and his gang are flooding the market with bad smack. Who is the only secret agent with the stuff to bring down these slimebags? Burlesque grotesque Chesty Morgan, the girl who makes Candy Samples look like an ironing board! As Jane Genet, Agent 73, Chesty has her vacation at the nudist camp (!)--dig the hilarious cuts between literary-minded Chesty and a puppy--interrupted by this little assignment. So she puts on her red-and-black rhinestone-studded platforms and hits the streets, eliminating the bad guys and taking photos with a tiny spy camera (complete with flash) implanted in her humongous left breast. The deaths are violent, and the victim's last sights are shaky, blurred shots of Chesty's mountainous mammaries. What a way to go.

This violent, uproariously crazed excuse for Chesty to unsnap her bra and maul those monsters (FLASH-CLICK!) is like Deadly Weapons ratcheted to new heights of inanity (if such a thing could be possible). Who better to carry out a top-secret mission than the most conspicuous person in the world? And if her physical appearance weren't eliciting enough looks, the peroxide-wigged Miss Morgan's wardrobe is even frillier and sillier than before--the prime offender being a white-on-red polka-dotted number straight from Clarabelle's closet. Chesty's dubbed voice has a slightly harder edge this time around, but her acting has, thankfully, not improved. Her face is expressionless for ninety percent of the running time; occasionally she smiles, as if being ordered to at gunpoint, and Band-Aid removal brings a grimace of vague bewilderment that must be seen to be disbelieved. Though the dialogue is mostly in sync, Doris Wishman still indulges in her trademark cut-aways and obsessive close-ups of feet (giving us great views of the star's endless arsenal of platforms and spike heels). Then, in an unexpected "poetic" shot, backlit Chesty holds her ruffled robe aloft and whirls for no discernible reason. And of course, the car chase, where Chesty and her pursuer drive the legal limit as the film is sped up.

A third Chesty epic was planned but never made, since Wishman found the star unbearably difficult to work with. Even more unfortunate is the fact that, after working with Fellini, the Polish sight gag--I mean, STAR--never made another film, and has since completely disappeared (how could she hide?). Some say that Chesty (Lillian) is now living in Florida, but...who knows? O Chesty, where art thou?

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It's gotta be Chesty!, 31 May 2009
8/10
Author: blakepatrick91 from Brisbane City, Australia

Chesty Morgan! What a woman in her own league; a 73 inch bust? It was ludicrous! But it was 1974; when films like Double Agent 73 were nearing their end of a glorious decade and a half of trash and sexploitation cinema.

There are no excuses to miss this movie if you like John Waters. Of course this is where I first saw footage of Double Agent 73 was in John Waters' Serial Mom (1994) and wondered when I saw Chesty's brilliant breasts exploding towards the camera "what the HELL was that?!" later on finding out the title of the movie I one day came across it in a particularly cultured video store. Upon viewing this movie, I have a few elements I'd like to pick out.

The veiny, seedy old man attracting, drooping, back breaking breasts; No Russ Meyer woman's chest could or would never meet up to the likes of Morgan's. "My boobs belong to the world, they're attached to my body, but they belong to the public." By 1987 she was up to a double P cup and her bras were specially designed costing $100. She was a controversially appealing icon of the underground 70's scene and an eccentric figure in her own right; she's right up there with the Edie Beale's and Divine.

The clothes in this movie; wow. Being a lover of vintage clothes I personally love the fashion in this film, though fashion is an important figure for a trash film; especially during the 1960's and 1970's when people wore frilled shirts and trippy coloured pants and platforms like the pair on Chesty's feet at the start of the film. Notice the camera doesn't miss out on any fashion or trippy day core with focal points of shoes, close ups of curtains (are you serious??) and that awesome yellow bathroom where we see the Psycho shower scene rip-off. Sure all this is my personal taste, but it makes a film so much more psychedelic and crazy. It really shows that particular side and style of the 60's/early 70's when everyone chilled, took drugs, and wrote screenplays that would star Chesty Morgan in them.

The plot's a laughably weak train wreck. Morgan is interrupted during her vacation because she's apparently the most logical agents her boss has (imagine how dumb the others must be?) to track down Toplar who's a criminal for heroine rings, but who cares? I mean, they install a camera into Chesty's breast and everyone she eliminates she lifts up her left boob and takes a photo? She even uses her boobs as weapons to knock people out. This movie a serious roller coast of laughably crazy cinema; the thing is, it's actually entertaining and interesting (at least when Chesty is on screen looking at the director and camera because we all know that's how quality actresses do it) unlike most trash cinema hosted by Something Weird Video. As I said, if you like John Waters and if you like underground trash cinema Double Agent 73 is NOT to miss.

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What's a Poor Girl to Do?, 28 April 2001
Author: BaronBl00d (baronbl00d@aol.com) from NC

Super spy Jane, sporting a 73 inch bust, a blonde wig, and some of the most outrageous outfits(outfits that would make Cher cringe), is hot on the trail of exposing a drug ring and capturing its drug czar. To do this, she must go undercover as a regular gal out for guys to buy her drinks and the like. That's right...she is suppose to be a normal girl just out at the club, zoo, or any old place. Not quite. She sticks out like a sore thumb!...well, okay, two sore thumbs! This film carries on the tradition of sleazy exploitation captured so nicely in Doris Wishman's and Chesty Morgan's first collaboration, Deadly Weapons. Actually, this film is a lot better. It has a bigger budget, some better acting(not much better), and a better story. Chesty still can't act. Her acting range goes from quietly disinterested to disinterested. She has no facial expression at all except for one scene where she pulls tape off of one of her breasts. Maybe Wishman wanted realism and used a real adhesive. This time around Chesty has to remove her blouse and bra to take secret pictures with the camera that has been implanted in one of her breasts. She takes many pictures. Big surprise. The big difference in this film, however, is that Wishman has some fairly brutal killings and shows a good bit of gore. She pays an obvious homage to Alfred Hitchcock and the Psycho shower scene. Also, for my money, the second best thing after Morgan(alright, the third best thing) is the music used in the film. What a great soundtrack...it was lively and funny. It was an action-type score played over and over that really made the action on the screen seem all the more farcial. Kudos to Ms. Wishman, Ms. Morgan, and company. Thanks for the mammaries...I mean memories!

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Even worse than "Deadly Weapons"!, 21 April 2000
10/10
Author: Casey-52 from DVD Drive-In

Chesty Morgan will always hold a place in my heart, despite the fact that she can't act for crap and has the grossest set of breasts I've ever seen. I loved "Deadly Weapons" for all the wrong reasons and the "sequel" of sorts, "Double Agent 73" fares with me the same way.

Chesty plays a spy named Jane (?) who must rub out a villain and his henchmen. We never do find out what this villain does (drugs? slave trade? 70s clothes designer?), but his henchmen are some of the stupidest dolts to ever grace the screen. Chesty is in fine form, an even worse actress than before and her breasts have attained more scars, scales, and veins! There are more closeups of her breasts, which is just nauseating, and one of the poor villains has to suck on them! EEEEUUUWWW!

Chesty uses more interesting methods of dispatchment than before. Instead of just drugging the villains and smothering them with her breasts, she knocks men out with them, puts poison on them so the villains can suck on them (ugh!), strangles with telephone cord, mauls with broken bottle grounds, etc. And Chesty's best acting is when she's violently offing her targets! "Double Agent 73" is a lot of fun to watch, but it does hit boring spots. Anytime that Chesty isn't on screen, things slow down. More things to watch for: Chesty gets more dialogue when she's turned away from the camera than when she's facing it; Chesty's supposedly painful expression when she rips a bandage off her breast; more of Chesty looking at director Doris Wishman and into the camera; great scenes of Chesty snapping pictures of spies with a camera in her left breast (!); and the hilarious notion that the head of a spy syndicate would go out of his way to get Chesty, his "master spy", on a case! Check out this movie, it is of equal interest as "Deadly Weapons" and possibly moreso!

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So bad, it's good., 30 October 2007
4/10
Author: nick-1896 from New Zealand

So hard to rate. I want to give it a low score for being one of the worst films I've seen in ages. But I want to give it a high score for being absolutely hilarious. I guess it all depends on how you take the genre. If you're a fan of grindhouse and low-budget exploitation flicks, look no further. If you don't get why people find bad movies good, maybe this isn't for you.

While I think Chesty's unfeasibly large breasts were somehow supposed to be titillating (excuse the pun), they're actually rather unfortunate. As the plot revolves entirely around her hauling them out at every opportunity, it's a bit like watching a car wreck. You want to look away, but can't. Her 'acting' is self conscious verging on just plain scared.

The cameraperson hoses their rig around zooming and panning with total disregard for their shadow. If they'd been able to afford a mic boom instead of badly overdubbing, I'm sure the camera would've caught that too.

The cutaways are absolutely classic. Found footage is spliced in with total disregard for what's around it. My favourite scene involves a car blowing up. If you look really closely, you might just notice it's not the car they were driving. Especially as it's a different colour. And make. And it's not in the same place…

In short, Double Agent 73 is pure genius. You couldn't make a movie this bad if you tried. And that's exactly what makes it so good.

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A Double Dose of Swinging Ineptitude, 3 September 2007
1/10
Author: Bogmeister from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

MASTER PLAN: run a heroin ring, avoid the breasts. There's a special agent out there, this film tells us, who has mammoth breasts and can kill criminals rather effortlessly. She's sent in, taken away from her relaxing vacation, to break up a heroin ring. Her boss has a camera implanted in her...left breast, so she can take photos of her targets, usually after they're dead. The agency is looking for the criminal mastermind, who has a t-shaped scar on the right side of his face. Yes, there is an actual plot to this, but it proceeds at such a limp pace, I feel they should have concentrated more on meaningless sex scenes. In fact, when the two main characters get down and do it, the scene cuts just as they start, a baffling methodology of the director and editor for a supposed sex spoof. The filmmakers are more intent on letting the movie camera linger on those huge breasts, whether the character is speaking on the phone or whatever. The director also likes to concentrate shots on arbitrary objects in the scene, or a little dog on the grass, for no reason. This could be instructional for film students on how not to shoot and edit a film.

This is, of course, a continuing attempt to capitalize on the James Bond-type spy thriller, going all the way back to such female Bonds as "Modesty Blaise" and the similarly no-budget "Girl From S.I.N." Agent 73, as played by Chesty Morgan, does assassinate various characters, but she acts out the killings in such a lifeless manner, beyond just being casual, you get not so much as a chill as just a sense that the actress can't act worth a damn. She previously used her breasts in "Deadly Weapons," actually smothering people to death; here, it's more standard, like garroting someone with a cord, though there's one scene involving ice cubes which is different, if still dull. In the end - and here is the spoiler - she finds out who the master villain is and, with the usual lack of emotion, shoots him as he asks her to marry him; my only thought was, why would this guy want to marry this freakish zombie-lady? At this point, the film lost all credibility, ha-ha. Also, to get any enjoyment out of this movie, you have to be the type that really appreciates overweight women who keep swinging grotesquely pendulous breasts in your face, ad nauseum. Heroine:1 Villain:2 Femme Fatales:1 Henchmen:2 Fights:1 Stunts/Chases:1 Gadgets:0 Auto:1 Locations:1 Pace:1 overall:1

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