Operation Kid Brother

Operation Kid Brother (1967)

O.K. Connery

Such close friends... such beautiful enemies...

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 grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.

Date of release
1967-04-20
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (33)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Alberto De Martino

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Morocco

O. K. Connery, released in the U. S. as Operation Kid Brother, is a 1967 Italian Eurospy comedy film shot in Technicolor and Techniscope, and directed by Alberto De Martino. The spy-fi plot involves the brother of the British spy James Bond, played by Neil Connery, who is obliged to take the lead in foiling a world-domination plot. The film's cast includes several actors from the Eon-produced James Bond film series: From Russia with Love's Daniela Bianchi, Thunderball's Adolfo Celi, Dr. No's Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee (M), and Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny), as well as the producer's wife Agata Flori, Gina Lollobrigida's cousin Guido Lollobrigida, and Yasuko Yama.

Production

Neil Connery was working as a plasterer in Scotland until he was sacked for losing his tools. Based on Connery's relation to his brother Sean, the matter received international media attention. When Terence Young heard Connery interviewed with his trade union about the matter on the radio, he mentioned to Italian producer Dario Sabatello that Connery sounded like his brother.

Experienced director Alberto De Martino, who had previously filmed Upperseven, the Man to Kill and Special Mission Lady Chaplin (both 1966), recalled his father Romolo de Martino doing Connery's extensive makeup and having problems with Connery's inexperience as an actor. He also recalled Sabatello approaching Sean Connery to do an appearance in the film; he emphatically refused.

Connery's voice is dubbed by an actor with an American accent. In an interview in Cinema Retro, Connery said that he was undergoing medical treatment when voice dubbing of the film was in progress, leading another person to voice his lines in the English version.

Lois Maxwell recalled she earned more money for the film than any of her other award wage payments from her appearances in the Eon Productions 007 films.

O. K. Connery was filmed in Tetuán, Morocco, Monaco and Spain.

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