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Suspense au Caire pour A008

Original title: A 008 operazione sterminio
  • 1965
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
199
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Ingrid Schoeller in Suspense au Caire pour A008 (1965)
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The British Secret Service sends agent 606 to Cairo to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device. Arriving in Egypt, he finds that agent A008 is actu... Read allThe British Secret Service sends agent 606 to Cairo to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device. Arriving in Egypt, he finds that agent A008 is actually an attractive female.The British Secret Service sends agent 606 to Cairo to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device. Arriving in Egypt, he finds that agent A008 is actually an attractive female.

  • Director
    • Umberto Lenzi
  • Writers
    • Umberto Lenzi
    • Wallace Mackentzy
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Schoeller
    • Alberto Lupo
    • Dina De Santis
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    199
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    • Director
      • Umberto Lenzi
    • Writers
      • Umberto Lenzi
      • Wallace Mackentzy
    • Stars
      • Ingrid Schoeller
      • Alberto Lupo
      • Dina De Santis
    • 10User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Ingrid Schoeller
    Ingrid Schoeller
    • MacDonald, Agent 008
    Alberto Lupo
    • Frank Smith, Agent 606
    Dina De Santis
    • Beauty Institute Manager
    Ivano Staccioli
    • Kemp
    • (as John Heston)
    Sal Borgese
    Sal Borgese
    • Killer with Black Glove
    • (as Mark Trevor)
    Omar El-Hariri
    • Captain Yussuf
    • (as Umar El-Hariri)
    Ahmed Louxor
    • Van Deere
    George Wang
    George Wang
    • Tanaka
    Edoardo Toniolo
    • Secret Service Boss
    Nando Angelini
    • American Lieutenant at the Bowling Hall
    Fortunato Arena
    • Kemp's Henchman
    • (as Lucky Arena)
    Omar Targoman
    Domenico Ravenna
    • Professor Hans Meinz
    • (as Johnny Ravenna)
    Iver Gilborn
    • American Intelligence Boss
    • (uncredited)
    Cho Cha Lung
    • Tenaki's Servant
    • (uncredited)
    Amerigo Santarelli
    Amerigo Santarelli
    • Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
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    • Director
      • Umberto Lenzi
    • Writers
      • Umberto Lenzi
      • Wallace Mackentzy
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    5bensonmum2

    About average for the genre

    Hoping to recover a valuable and dangerous anti-radar device, the British government sends in Frank Smith, Agent 606 (Alberto Lupo). He is to meet up with an American known to him as MacDonald, Agent 008 (Ingrid Schoeller). (I just love the agent numbering in these movies.) As you'd expect in a film like this, Smith is shocked to discover that MacDonald is (gasp) a woman. The pair end up in a lot of car chases, fist fights, and gun battles in the streets, hotels, and nightclubs of Cairo - you know, the normal things secret agents do. They also end up playing the role of lovers (who didn't see that coming). There are, as you'd expect, other parties interested in the device - especially the Russians. Who will get there first?

    Another of those movies that I'm going to describe as not great, but not horrible. 008: Operation Exterminate is about average. I admit that being directed by Umberto Lenzi, I expected a bit more from the film. This one is more restrained than a lot of his more well known work. The plot does somewhat turn the spy genre on its head with a female lead. In most of these movies, if there is a female spy, she's only there to assist the male lead, provide a love interest, and play the damsel in distress. Not here. Schoeller's 008 takes charge. And she more than capable of handling the demands of the lead role. Nicely done. The film also features plenty of action and intrigue, but lacks the big set pieces and special effects found in spy films with bigger budgets. The twist at the end is a nice touch. I didn't see it coming so it worked on me. Finally, there are some very nice shots of the Cairo streets circa 1965. They give the film a real authentic feel.
    4Uriah43

    Not One of the Better James Bond Clones Out There

    This film begins in Cairo where a special weapon has just been created that distorts long range radar making it difficult for ships to navigate correctly. As a result, the British decide to send an agent by the name of "Frank Smith" (Alberto Lupo) to Egypt where an American agent named "MacDonald" (Ingrid Schoeller) is waiting to greet him. At first, Frank is surprised to find that his American colleague is female and this creates a certain amount of sexual tension from that point on. However, what makes matters even more difficult for the two of them is the fact that the people who possess the anti-radar device know all about the identities of these two and have already made plans to terminate them upon sight. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this wasn't one of the better "James Bond clones" ever made due in large part to the fact that neither Alberto Lupo nor Ingrid Schoeller had the same on-screen presence as many of the actors in a similar role. As a result, the sexual tension wasn't that acute which rendered most of the film somewhat dry and lifeless. That being said, this wasn't necessarily a bad film necessarily and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
    6gridoon2025

    The first female James Bond?

    Two secret agents join forces in Egypt (and later in Switzerland) to locate & destroy an anti-radar device, and retrieve the plans of its design. One is a British male; the other is an American female. Her code name is 008, and, as the title suggests, she is actually the central hero(ine) of this film, quite atypically for its day. The two agents have an equal partnership, but if anyone is closer to the "sidekick" role, it's the man. Ingrid Schoeller plays what is quite possibly the first attempt of international cinema to create a female James Bond-type character: she is beautiful, curvaceous, sweet, intelligent, armed with gadgets, expert with a gun, and can handle herself in a fight without needing a man to rescue her (as she proves in a daring escape from an enemy-riddled beauty saloon). All this, combined with the lively banter between the two leads and the crazy double-twist ending (the first twist is smart; the second nonsensical!), make "A 008: Operazione Sterminio" one of the most enjoyable Eurospy movies of the period. **1/2 out of 4.
    6stefanozucchelli

    An other spy movie

    Spies movie that is able to interest the viewer in its simplicity.

    It is not something transcendental but it makes a good impression.

    I can't believe how many movies of this type have come out in those years.
    4christopher-underwood

    I thought maybe there would be a complete subversion of the genre

    I'm not sure why I find it so difficult to enjoy the spy film genre. Whether legitimate or spoof seems to make no difference. There is something about the genre that attracts the infantile perhaps, certainly there is a fetish for playthings, gadgets (and women!) where even in the most serious maybe things are not taken too seriously. With this the first of Umberto Lenzi's spy films I thought maybe there would be a complete subversion of the genre (certainly my box cover suggests so) more a spaghetti spy story with little reverence for the old originals. But no this treads a fairly well worn path (except for the female lead) and takes itself pretty seriously at first. Gradually one feel that Lenzi throws in the towel because it does become slightly amusing and maybe more of a spoof but even so there is no hard edge, all the fights are crap, most of the dialogue laughable (not that laughable) and the sex scenes brought up short. There is some fine location shooting particularly on the streets of Cairo and later in the alps but not enough to make this very watchable.

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      A paradise for those who cater for Egyptian antiquities: a long scene inside the Cairo Museum (since then, much altered), showing in detail the monumental statue of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, and several minor statues, one of them close enough to identify a stylized engraving of the Mother Goddess Hathor. Plus a walk around the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, with plenty of camels for rent, as the 21st century will never see them again.
    • Connections
      Featured in Best in Action: 1965 (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Bye to Cairo
      Written by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (as Lavagnino) and Ingrid Schoeller (as Schoeller)

      Performed by Ingrid Schoeller (uncredited)

      edizione musiali Nazionalmusic Milano

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1965 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Egypt
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Suspense au Caire pour 008
    • Filming locations
      • Studio Incir - De Paolis, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Romana Film
      • Copro Film
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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