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Italian Secret Service Reviews

1968
1 hr 45 mins
Comedy

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In this satire, former Italian Resistance hero Natalino (Nino Manfredi) finds himself a total failure as a civilian. He becomes a mercenary when U.S. agents hire him to assassinate a neo-Nazi spy attempting to sneak his soft-drink formula to the communists. The Americans are to pay him $100,000 for the hit. His wife Elvira (Francoise Prevost) finds someone willing to do the job for half the amount. What should have been one gunman turns into five, each one chasing the other and the former Nazi for a coveted secret formula. The comedy comes full circle when the ex-Nazi is hidden in Natalino's apartment and makes love to his wife. After all assassination attempts fail, the spy confesses and kills himself.

Manfredi is a former hero of the Italian Resistance who, as a normal civilian, is a total failure. He is hired by US agents to eliminate Sobieski, a neo-Nazi spy trying to get his soft drink formula to the communists. Manfredi's payment is $100,000, but his wife, Prevost, finds a killer who will do the job for half the price. He in turn hires another one, and each one in turn another, until a hit squad of five are on the loose. Expectedly, the assassination is botched. The end sees Sobieski confessing and then committing suicide. An occasionally fresh satire on the perils of secret agents.