This Umberto Lenzi directed film has escaped my radar for years. It stars Alberto Lupo as Frank Smith, agent 606 who works for the British Secret Service.
Smith is sent to Cairo and finds his partner is agent 008, a very attractive woman played by Ingrid Schoeller. Together they must try and stop the theft of plans for a radar blocking system.
There is nary a dull moment in this film and it should be noted that Schoeller's character of MacDonald is a female James Bond type and it works very well. Her character is able to fight, has plenty of interesting gadgets and knows her business very well.
Lupo is good in his role as well and the movie has a double twist ending which I found very interesting. There are plenty of gunfights, fistfights and car chases. The scenery is beautiful in Egypt and I don't think it will ever be seen like that by future generations.
I was glad to finally see this movie after all the years of looking for it and reading about it. The rest of the cast includes Dina de Santis, Sal Borgese, George Wang, and Iver Gilborn.
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