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| Directed by | Duccio Tessari |
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| Cinematography | Francisco Marin[1] |
| Edited by | Licia Quaglia[1] |
| Music by | Bruno Nicolai[1] |
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| Distributed by | Cineriz[1] |
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Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang is a 1966 Eurospy comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, and Daniele Vargas.
Plot
[edit]Former spy Kirk Warren has been sentenced to death after he was caught attempting to steal a million dollars. At the last minute he is given the chance to redeem himself by seizing a secret formula before the notorious terrorist Mr. X can get hold of it. Warren pretends to comply with his assignment but actually plans to sell the formula to Mr. X instead of delivering it to the British Secret Service.
Cast
[edit]- Giuliano Gemma as Kirk Warren
- George Martin as Chico Pérez
- Lorella De Luca as Frida Kadar
- Nieves Navarro as Alina Shakespeare
- Daniele Vargas as Tol Lim
- George Rigaud as Sir Sebastian Wilcox
- Antonio Casas as Prof. Padereski
Production
[edit]Screenwriter Fernando Di Leo had long partnered with director Duccio Tessari, with the two writing several Westerns together.[3][4][5] Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang was their first non-Western they collaborated on and originally titled Requiem per una spia (lit. 'Requiem for a Spy').[5] Di Leo stayed with Bruno Corbucci for a month in Spain to write it, and said that the films best gags were written by Tessari.[5]
The opening song for the film was composed by Bruno Nicolai and Pino Cassia and sung by Nancy Cuomo.[6]
The film was shot in Rome and London.[7]
Releases
[edit]Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang was distributed in Italy by Cineriz and released on 16 May 1966.[1][2] Fernando Di Lio biographers Roberto Curti and Deminico Monetti described the film as a flop at the domestical Italian box office.[5]
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Kiss kiss... bang bang" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- 1 2 Erickson.
- ↑ Curti & Monetti 2026, p. 12.
- ↑ Curti & Monetti 2026, p. 15.
- 1 2 3 4 Curti & Monetti 2026, p. 21.
- ↑ Hughes 2011, p. 171.
- ↑ Blake & Deal 2004, p. 125.
Sources
[edit]- Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.
- Curti, Roberto; Monetti, Deminico (2026). Fernando Di Leo: Master of Italian Film Noir. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-9640-9. LCCN 2026008765.
- Erickson, Hal. "Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.
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