This movie is completely off the rails from the very first minute of screen time. Jess Franco is an acquired taste, but here, he's tasting like the finest of wine, as jazzy beats play over Eurospy action. This was his first film working with composer Bruno Nicolai and it all works like magic.
Ray Danton plays Lucky, who is very much a gentleman thief. You'll recognize him from playing Sandokan in two films, as well as spy appearances in Code Name Super Dragon, Code Name: Jaguar and the abortive Derek Flint TV pilot, Our Man Flint: Dead on Target.
Rosalba Neri is also in this, who has quite the Eurospy resume, appearing in Superseven Calls on Cairo, Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger, Password: Kill Agent Gordon and OSS 117 - Double Agent. Horror fans would know her better as the titular Lady Frankenstein and as the wife in the giallo Amuck!
Patty Shephard, who is in this movie for only the briefest of moments, would go on to become a Spanish horror queen. She's in two of my favorites, Slugs and Edge of the Axe, as well as Naschy's The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman.
Keep an eye out of Teresa Gimpera (Hannah, Queen of the Vampires) and Bebe Loncar (Some Girls Do).
There's some plot about counterfeiting here, but really it's an excuse for Lucky to run around and romance women. Quite literally, the movie ends the way it does because, as our hero says, "We ran out of money."
This movie is a blast. Do yourself a favor and hunt it down.
Ray Danton plays Lucky, who is very much a gentleman thief. You'll recognize him from playing Sandokan in two films, as well as spy appearances in Code Name Super Dragon, Code Name: Jaguar and the abortive Derek Flint TV pilot, Our Man Flint: Dead on Target.
Rosalba Neri is also in this, who has quite the Eurospy resume, appearing in Superseven Calls on Cairo, Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger, Password: Kill Agent Gordon and OSS 117 - Double Agent. Horror fans would know her better as the titular Lady Frankenstein and as the wife in the giallo Amuck!
Patty Shephard, who is in this movie for only the briefest of moments, would go on to become a Spanish horror queen. She's in two of my favorites, Slugs and Edge of the Axe, as well as Naschy's The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman.
Keep an eye out of Teresa Gimpera (Hannah, Queen of the Vampires) and Bebe Loncar (Some Girls Do).
There's some plot about counterfeiting here, but really it's an excuse for Lucky to run around and romance women. Quite literally, the movie ends the way it does because, as our hero says, "We ran out of money."
This movie is a blast. Do yourself a favor and hunt it down.