Le spie uccidono a Beirut (literally, The Spies kill in Beirut, also titled Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut, i.e. Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut) is a 1965

Italian films of 1965

A list of films produced in Italy in 1965 :-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...

 Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 spy film

Spy film

The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy . Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, John Le Carré, Ian Fleming and Len Deighton...

 pertaining to the Eurospy genre. In this film inspired by the James Bond film series

James Bond (film series)

The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond , who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines...

, Richard Harrison

Richard Harrison (actor)

Richard Harrison is an American B-movie actor and occasionally a writer/director/producer.Harrison was very prolific and worked with most of the better-known names in European B-movies during the 1960s and 1970s, branching out to exploitation films shot all over the world in the early 1970s...

 stars as agent Bob Fleming 077. The film was directed by film producer Luciano Martino, in one of his few forays into directing. It was released in the United States as Secret Agent Fireball to exploit the name of Thunderball

Thunderball (film)

Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...

by American International Pictures

American International Pictures

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' American release, and double billed with Spy in Your Eye.

Harrison repeated his agent Robert Fleming role in A 077, sfida ai killers/Killers are Challenged/Mission Casablanca

Cast

• Richard Harrison
  Richard Harrison (actor)
  Richard Harrison is an American B-movie actor and occasionally a writer/director/producer.Harrison was very prolific and worked with most of the better-known names in European B-movies during the 1960s and 1970s, branching out to exploitation films shot all over the world in the early 1970s...
  
  ... Bob Fleming
• Dominique Boschero ... Liz
• Luciano Pigozzi
  Luciano Pigozzi
  Luciano Pigozzi is an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1954 and 1989. He was often credited under the pseudonym Alan Collins and occasionally Alan Collin....
  
  ... Russian Agent (as Alan Collins)
• Aldo Cecconi ... Russian Agent (as Jim Clay)
• Wandisa Guida ... Elena
• Franco Freda
  Franco Freda
  Franco "Giorgio" Freda is one of the leading intellectuals of the post-war Italian far right. He has been accused of having personally contributed to the Piazza Fontana bombing.-Biography:...
  
  (as Franklyn Fred)
• Clément Harari
• Jean Ozenne
• Alcide Borik ... Taxi Driver
• Audry Fisher
• Bruno Carotenuto (as Caroll Brown)
• Goffredo Unger