![]() Neal Hefti wrote the song You Are for Steve Rossi, which does appear on the soundtrack, as does the song "Don Jose, Ole" written by Tolkin and Abbott. The resulting song, "The Last of the Secret Agents", did not appear on the Pete King soundtrack album.Īt the end of Nancy Sinatra's performance of the title song, she suffers a comic "wardrobe malfunction" leaving her only clad in bra, panties, stocking and heels. Paramount ordered the producer to have Sinatra sing in the film with Hazlewood quickly composing a title song for her reminiscent of John Barry's Thunderball. During post-production in January 1966, Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" composed by Lee Hazlewood was a smash hit. Last of the Secret Agents Marty Allen Marty Johnson Steve Rossi Steve John Williams J. ![]() Nancy Sinatra had made several film appearances previously, and it was planned that she would sing a song written for her by Paramount's Famous Music division's Burt Bacharach and Hal David, but it was cut due to budget constraints. lpthe-last-of-the-secret-agents-music-fropete-king Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2rxmkcn30r Lineage Technics SL1200MK5 Turntable + Audio-Technica AT95e cartridge > Radio Design Labs EZ-PH1 phono preamp > Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocrdetectedlang en Ocrdetectedlangconf 1.0000 Ocrdetectedscript Latin Ocrdetected. In addition to the then popular spy film genre, the film spoofs many other items of the day such as cigarette commercials. Last of the Secret Agents (1966) Well I dont know about fantastic spies, but Alan & Rossi were intermittingly funny. THEM has plans to steal priceless international art treasures, most notably the Venus de Milo. Marty and Steve, American tourists in France, are given a multipurpose umbrella and pitted. ![]() Frederick Duval (John Williams) to thwart the plans of the evil crime and espionage organisation THEM led by Zoltan Schubach (Theo Marcuse). The Last of the Secret Agents 1966 Action/Adventure Comedy. The movie exploits suggestiveness to the point that it can't even be recommended for kids.Two Americans in Paris (Allen & Rossi) are reluctantly recruited by the Good Guys Institute (GGI) led by J. Nancy Sinatra is around with a French accent and Lou Jacobi is wasted as saloon keeper. The pair plays a couple of bungling friends who are recruited by the GGI (Good Guys Institute) to help fight a group of arch criminals known as THEM.Įven this latter gimmick is never fully realized as a comedy device, being limited to: "Gee, THEM sure know how to hurt a guy." THE COMPARISON to old Jerry Lewis-Dean Martin comedies is inevitable. The Last Of The Secret Agents (Music From The Score) by Pete King Dot Records (DLP 25714) Publication date 1966 Topics Stage & Screen, Soundtrack Digitizing sponsor Kahle-Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English Tracklist: 1. There's a good deal of frantic activity as the pair attempts slapstick that never comes off, satire that's merely dull and a story about secret agents and international art thefts that never generates any interest.Īllen, stout and bushy-haired, seems limited to rolling his eyes and yelling, "Hello dere!" Rossi a singing straight man, is merely bland. Genre: Comedy Original Language: English Director: Norman Abbott. The scene is supposed to be Cannes, France, but it's strictly Dullsville as the TV and night-club team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi make their movie debut in a dreary thing called "The Last of the Secret Agents?" Movie Info Two Americans (Marty Allen, Steve Rossi) are recruited abroad to foil an organization out to steal the Venus de Milo. Tony Mastroianni Review Collection "Last of the Secret Agents?" - We Can Hope Cleveland Press June 3, 1966
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