It is a run-of-the-mill , typical Euro-spy movie with usual components : pursuits , crossfire , struggles , state-of-art gadgets , strange artifacts , international conspiracy about nuclear disaster , explosive women and other trappings that used to show up in the genre. When an unfriendly government or organization attempts to resurface the sunken American atomic submarine Thresher , Agent Dick Malloy is assigned to the dangerous mission to encounter it . The American agents eventually know that organization run by Zoltan (Jacques Bergerac) is the only one capable of raising the sub with plenty of Polaris nuclear missiles . Zoltan is a suspicious and wealthy American specialized in submarine researches with sinister purports , as he is bent on taking over the world . While Lady Chaplin (Daniela Bianchi) is a gorgeous woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. And while dressing like a nun or like a sticken to wheelchair woman to ger her sinister and dark purports . Subsequently , our valiant , easy-going agent takes on the cunning criminal organization commanded by Lady Chaplin , as well as an astute woman (Helga Liné) who wants to buy the missiles and other nasty enemies.
Euro-spy movie with ordinary ingredients : thrills , noisy action , plot twists , several villain roles , bare fists fights , various international locations , shootouts with high body-count and being middlingly entertaining from start to finish . The story is a mess of mutual spying a and a sunk American atomic submarine with sixteen missiles still on board , following silly confrontations with a lot of fights and crossfire . Colorful and so-so rendition about European spy subgenre , a prolific genre during the sixties , not taking any situation seriously . A fashion and typical spy film at the time, meaning it stuck to a lot of what was currently popular , but here including some embarrassing and nonsense scenes . Inspired by the success of the James Bond films, as this spy sub-genre borrows heavily from the OO7 series that at the time starred Sean Connery , such as : Dr No, From Russia with love , Thunderball, and Goldfinger . The content remains the same as the title : a risked European operation , extreme villains , beautiful mini-skirt girls , along with ridiculous , uptight and silly action set pieces from a today's point of view . A Sixties-style film usually has a short sell-by date , and this flick isn't exception .The leading role was played by Ken Clark as American secret agent Dick Malloy who had three cinematic adaptations , he starred some Euro-spy movies such as Agente 077 missione Bloody Mary , Fury in the Bosphorus, Agent Secret FX 18 (1964) , among others . Ken Clark was one of many American hunk men as Steve Reeves , Gordon Scott , Reg Park, Mark Forest , Reg Lewis, Dan Vadis , Rock Stevens , Lou Ferrigno, emigrated to Italy to play a Sword and Sandals or Peplum movies , though none of them topped in popularity to Steve Reeves . Ken Clark getting a certain success in Peplum , Spaghetti Western and Euro-spy genre . Here Ken Clark is accompanied by Daniela Bianchi from ¨From Russia with Love¨ , ¨Requiem for a Secret Agent, ¨Operation Kid Brother¨ , ¨Zarabanda Bing Bing¨ and this ¨Operation Lady Chaplin¨ . Adding a functional support cast , with full of actors from co-producer countries, such as Spain : Mabel Karr , Helga Liné, Alfredo Mayo , Rafael Albaicín, Rufino Inglés , Tomás Blanco ; Italy : Eveyn Stewart or Ida Gally ; France : Jacques Bergerac, Philippe Hersent.
Displaying an evocative cinematography by Federico G. Larraya and Alejandro Ulloa , including sightseeing from Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid , Hotel Luz Palacio , Paseo de la Castellana, 67, Madrid, Cabo de Palos, Murcia, Cartagena , Murcia, Escombreras , San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia , Marbella , Málaga, Andalucía, Spain , Paris , France, London, England, UK, New York, USA . From the music by Bruno Nicolai who was disciple of the great Ennio Morricone to the wonderful villain to the presence of Daniela Bianchi to the whole feel of the film - it all screams James Bond .
The motion picture was professionally directed by Alberto De Martino . This craftsman Alberto Martino was a nice professional , writer , producer and director who made pictures of all kinds of genres and exploitation movies , such as Terror : Antichrist, Holocaust 2000, 7 Hyden Park, The Killer is on the phone ; Wartime : Dalle Ardenne all Inferno ; Thrillers : Roma vs Chicago, The man of the ice eyes, The Consellour, The Puma Man , Upperseven , Operation Lady Chaplin, The insatiables ; Spaghetti Westerns : Django Shoots first, Seventh Cavalry, One hundred thousand dollars for Ringo and Peplum : Seven Spartans, Invincibles, La Rivolta dei Sette, Medusa against the son of Hercules and The Invincible Gladiator. Being co-directed , uncredited , by Sergio Grieco as Terence Hathaway . He was a good Italian artesan who made a lot of adventures, action and thrillers movies as ¨Sergeant Klems¨, ¨SOS agent 017¨, ¨The mysterious swordsman¨ , ¨Lucrezia Borgia¨, ¨La regina dei Tartaro¨, ¨Il Capitano di Ferro¨, ¨Pirates of the Black Hawk¨ and several others . Rating : 6/10. A decent Euro-spy movie for ordinary aficionados. That was a lot better than I was expecting, I quite enjoyed that.
