Operation Double 007 (film)

Operation Double 007
aka	OK Connery Operation Kid Brother Secret Agent 00
Year	1967
Directed by	Alberto De Martino
Produced by	Dario Sabatello
Written by	Frank Walker Stanley Wright Paulo Levi Stefano Canzio
Music by	Ennio Morricone Bruno Nicolai
Studio	Produzione D.S.
Cast	Neil Connery Lois Maxwell Daniela Bianchi Adolfo Celi
Run time	104 minutes
Riffed in	Experiment #508

For the episode, see MST3K 508 - Operation Double 007.

“	You read too many novels by Fleming.	”
	- Maya

Operation Double 007 is a spy movie directed by Alberto De Martino. It stars Neil Connery, the younger brother of Sean Connery, as well as several actors who had appeared in EON Productions James Bond films.

Plot

Operation Double 007

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to halt. The well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so the agency engages his civilian brother Neil to help. Neil is a world-class plastic dermatologist, plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.

Cast

• Neil Connery as Dr. Neil Connery
• Lois Maxwell as Miss Maxwell
• Daniela Bianchi as Maya Rafis
• Adolfo Celi as Beta
• Bernard Lee as Col. Cunningham
• Anthony Dawson as Alpha
• Yee-Wah Yang as Yachuko
• Ana María Noé as Lotte Krayendorf
• Franco Giacobini as Juan

Notes

• Actors from this film who had previously appeared in James Bond films include Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Daniela Bianchi, Adolfo Celi, Anthony Dawson, and Yee-Wah Yang. In some cases the characters' names were the same as actors' names, such as Neil Connery playing "Neil Connery" (implying that Sean Connery was a real secret agent) while Lois Maxwell played "Miss Maxwell".

MST3K Connections

• Director Alberto De Martino was also director and story writer for The Pumaman.
• Adolfo Celi also portrayed Ralph Valmont in Diabolik.
• Lois Maxwell also portrayed Atlanta Shore in Invaders from the Deep.
• Antonio Gradoli (Monte Carlo inspector) also portrayed the head of the guards in The Loves of Hercules.
• Franco Ukmar (plastic surgery lecture brawler) was also a stuntman in Cave Dwellers (in which also portrayed a Wallon henchman) and The Pumaman.
• Composer Ennio Morricone was also composer for Diabolik.
• Composer Bruno Nicolai was also musical director for Diabolik and composer, musical director, and orchestrator for Il Natale Che Quasi Non Fu.
• Set decorator Massimo Tavazzi was also set decorator for Hercules Unchained.
• Costume designer Gaia Romanini was also costume designer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
• Camera operator Ubaldo Terzano was also camera operator for Hercules Unchained.

Critical Response

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "One-and-a-half stars. Screen debut of Sean Connery’s brother in James Bond spinoff is a disaster."