Mission spéciale Lady Chaplin

I would highly recommend this . Very fun and extraordinary . Rec. from Eurospy Guide by Matt Blake/David Deal.

This is the third and final film starring secret agent Dick Malloy (Ken Clark). I have not seen either of the previous films but they are spy films much like the 007 films, but made by Italians and starring this lesser-known American actor in the lead.

When the film begins, Lady Chaplin (Daniela Bianchi...of "From Russia With Love" fame) dresses up like a nun and kills some monks in a monastery. Clearly, this lady lacks scruples and she'll come into contact with Dick sooner of later. As for Dick, his boss is worried about a sunken American sub, the USS Thresher. On board are Polaris missiles...nuclear missiles and the good guys need to get to them first. Unfortunately, when Dick goes exploring, he finds the sub but the missile tubes are empty! How does Lady Chaplin play into all this and will she fall for Dick by the end of the movie?

Like a Bond film, this movie has a nice international look--with location shoots in New York, Spain, France, Italy and the UK! It also looks good...with a better than usual budget for an Italian film of the era. Like Bond, this agent has his gadgets and the plot is pretty similar to the Bond thriller "Thunderball"...which debuted the previous year. So is it up to Bond quality or worth seeing? I'd say no and maybe. No, it's not quite bond in quality (such as camera-work, acting and props) and whether or not you will enjoy it depends on if you can get past seeing a relatively bland secret agent...and Dick is a bit limp as a character. But if you simply cannot get enough 007 and don't mind that he's sort of a cheap substitute, Dick is work seeing.

SPECIAL OPERATION LADY CHAPLIN Ken Clark, Daniela Bianchi, Jacques Bergerac, Helga Linne, Evelyne Stewart, Mable Karr, Philippe Hersent Ken Clark again plays secret Agent Dick Malloy for a continuation of the series. When he gets in a cab, they have 077 printed on the cab door.

Helga Linne is in it, even though they never have her name listed in any of the English language credits. Her name does appear in the Spanish version. The end scene in the Spanish version is "similar" but very different in the action than in the English. This is a minor discrepancy but worth noting. Also, the Spanish version has complete END CREDITS that the others omit. Same train scene, but no written credit.

I just watched the Blu-Ray version of FROM Russia WITH LOVE, where Daniela Bianchi first became know to western audiences. Her accent was so think that they had to have someone dub her voice. It is interesting to watch the 2009 Rai-TV, show, STRACULT, with Ken Clark and Daniela together on the same stage. Ken died on June 1st, 2009, just a few months after the show was taped.

They use Scorpions a lot in this movie.

The movie has a very believable story about stealing nuclear missiles from a sunken US Navy Submarine. It snaps along great until the final battle where Ken is in a plane and suddenly comes out of the water wearing a wet-suit and using a spear-gun that fires exploding grenades. I always thought there was a cut there but this new longer version I received has that Jump as well.

There is also a great TRAILER on You Tube for this movie, in case you want to watch it.

Larry Anderson, Canada.

Daniela Bianchi is perfect for her role as fashion designer, and assassin on the side, (Lady Chaplin) while old Pal (Dick Malloy), reprized by dependable Ken Clark, shares the top billing with Ms.Chaplin. This is a terrific Eurospy which gets off to a fast start and doesn't slow down for an hour. By the time the plot setting scenes take place you will be ready for a break from the wild and well done action sequences. Even the fighting scenes are excellent by Euro standards anyway. Director Al De Martino did a great job with some beautiful and talented lady's. Including, Evelyn Stewart (Constance Day) who plays Lady Chaplin's assistant in both the designing and killing realms. The two beauties have a lot of chemistry and make us believe they have been friends for years. Another bad girl (Hilde) played by Helga Liné is great as a euro version of a gun mole. Mabel Karr as good girl agent (Jacqueline) is in my humble opinion the scene stealer in the film. The plucky and sexy Jacqueline's part is well written and Mabel lights up the screen. The male cast. other then handsome Ken, were not quite up to snuff with the lady's. Alfredo Mayo as the very English (Sir Hillary) is the exception. Jacques Bergerac plays the mean and crazy head bad guy (Kobre Zoltan). The problem with this is Zoltan is supposed to be an America, but The Latin Lover Jauques exudes Europe and I never believed for a second he was an America. Too bad they didn't write his part as a French Bad Guy then it would have been fine. The only other minor complaint is that a beautiful old Citroen Panel Van was sacrificed over a cliff. At least it died in a fine Eurospy.

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.