Oh! Those Most Secret Agents!
00-2 agenti segretissimi (Italian for "00-2 Very Secret Agents"), distributed in English as Oh! Those Most Secret Agents!,[1] is a 1964 Italian film directed by Lucio Fulci starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. The film is the third of three comedies with the duo by the same director, with I due evasi di Sing Sing and 0-2 agenti segretissimi, to be released in 1964, 00-2 agenti segretissimi being the only colour film of the three.
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Written by | Vittorio Metz |
| Music by | Piero Umiliani |
Release date | 1964 |
| Language | Italian |
It is a parody of 007 spy films, the first of four starring the comic duo Franco e Ciccio (the other being Simonelli's Due mafiosi contro Goldginger, Bava's Le spie vengono dal semifreddo and Fulci's Come rubammo la bomba atomica). The characters of the two thieves would also be present, also played by the Sicilian duo, but with different names, in Fulci's 002 Operazione Luna in 1965, a film that is sometimes presented as a sequel to 00-2 agenti segretissimi.
Plot
Two burglars (played by Franco and Ciccio) are manipulated by American secret agents in order to attract spies from other countries and distract them.
Production and release
The film was produced by Mega films. It is one of the 13 films directed by Fulci that star the Sicilian comic duo of Franco and Ciccio.[2]
Reception
A retrospective review finds that "There's pretty much no plot to speak of, and no sense of escalation as the film staggers towards its underwhelming climax." and that "There are barely enough jokes here for a half-hour sitcom, and those that we do get are weak, repetitive and not very funny."[3]
References
- Oh! Those Most Secret Agents (1964), retrieved 2023-04-05
- "Il Lungo, il Corto, il Gatto". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- Welsh, Mark David (2020-01-14). "Oh! Those Most Secret Agents/002 agenti segretissimi (1964)". Mark David Welsh. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
