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No I haven't seen that one. I did skim though it and saw Terry-Thomas in what I asume is a small role. I'll add that to my playlist.
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I've been looking for this one for quite some time, @PrinceKamalKhan - thanks for posting!
@Torgeirtrap You're welcome. You might want to watch it soon. I don't know how long it will stay on youtube and to the best of my knowledge it's never been officially released on home video/DVD of any kind.
and with an end title song performed by Professor Joe Butcher:
Now you've piqued my interest.
Good point, @PrinceKamalKhan. I've seen several eurospy films on Youtube, but many of them were only there for a short time before being taken down again.
The Italian Eurospy films might be a bit more enjoyable as although they're not as well made and make no sense at all, they add a nice unique flavour of batshit craziness which means occasionally you get a little fun spice of ingeniousness! I loved that shot in Kiss The Girls of the hero nonchalantly sitting under the bow of that yacht! That looked really dangerous!!
@mtm What I appreciate most about DTTM is that of all the Bond imitation/knockoff films of the time period it comes the closest to feeling like the genuine article. Probably because it was filmed at Pinewood Studios and because Richard Johnson was actually Terence Young's first choice for the role of 007. You're right how his Drummond isn't actually a spy like Derek Flint, Napoleon Solo or Matt Helm. Instead they took the WWI veteran detective and gave his character a swingin' mid-1960s makeover(now a Korean war vet and insurance investigator). However that makeover is definitely Bondian with the scene with his M-like boss and Miss Moneypenny-like secretary. Elke Sommer's and Sylva Koscina's emerging from the sea Ursula Andress-style after the opening credits with Thunderball-style harpoon guns, the villain with his lair and Oddjob-type henchman(played by Milton Reid who played one of Doctor No's thugs and would later play Sandor in TSWLM). Notice how Drummond's boss was played by Laurence Naismith(later Sir Donald in DAF) and his nephew's girlfriend was played by Virginia North(later Olympe in OHMSS)?
I like this review of it from double o section:
http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2009/01/movie-review-deadlier-than-male.html
Did you finish watching KTGAMTD and notice the similarities to MR?
From the same reviewer:
https://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2013/05/movie-review-kiss-girls-and-make-them.html
Yeah I can certainly see how it feels closest, it has that feel of a big British film and actually makes sense, which is a start! :)
I can certainly see Young's point: he probably looks more like Fleming's Bond than any of the guys who actually played 007!
Oh absolutely, I don't think he's got much to do with Sapper's Drummond.
I think it possibly ends up feeling a bit more like The Avengers than it does Bond, and ultimately without either's wit. I know no-one's saying it's as good as either(!) but while it's a fun artefact and is better made than most of these I'm not sure it's something I'll be revisiting a lot! For example if it were The Avengers the various assassinations might've had a bit more wit to them- they're a bit flat.
Also -and I don't want to sound too down on these as they are good fun- I know they're from another time but the misogyny does get a bit wearing: the sax music whenever a woman appears in this one is a bit of an eye-roller! :D
Yeah that's fun, thanks. Good trivia about the chesspiece in TMWTGG!
I did yes! It was a fun distraction for an hour or two and certainly a few bits of Moonraker fun in there. A decent bit of fun even though it seemed at times like they were making it up as they went along! :) Quite impressive to actually see Terry-Thomas underplaying something too.
They did an amazing job matching the chase scene.
I did miss the little head deflect action when the police vehicle rolls down the hill in his path, still outright awesome.
@mtm Mike "Mannix" Connors and Dorothy Provine play the secondary leads in this two years prior to Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die.
I looked at some other GTA 5 Bond chases though not as good as QoS standard, here is one I watched...
I can read the license tag as "PRTRS007". Does that have some GTA context?
As a side note the woman in the helicopter appears to be the wife of the character playing Bond.