if youre a fan of the euro spy movie make in the 60 and how can you not just love operation double 007. use the success of james bond a a model and those crazy italian certainly make some crazy spy movie . this one star sean connery brother and neil connery ( who play a character cleverly name neil connery ) a a plastic surgeon or hypnotist or lip reader . with tongue firmly in cheek and we also learn that neil be the brother of a famous spy and and a his brother be unavailable and the government want neil to stand in and give them a hand . before you can say dr. no and neil up to his neck in beautiful woman and a super villain with a nuclear device and the obligatory henchman and archer on horse back and gun fight and car chase and blind arab rug weaver and can can dancers and explosion and underground lair and and a japanese woman kidnap by the world most vicious nun or nurse . don not worry and it all make sense in the end ( well and sort of anyway ) . besides and if there a loose end here or there and who care when youre have this much fun . join connery in the cast be a plethora of bond vet include daniela bianchi and adolfo celi and bernard lee and and lois maxwell . it a real treat to see them all in a different setting . in particular and it great to see lois maxwell out from behind that desk she always sit at in the bond movie . here and she not only get out in the field and but she get the chance to mow down baddie with a machine gun as well . celi and always the bad guy in a movie like this and look like he have the time of his life . there at least one scene where it not hard to notice a small smile come to his face and you have get to wonder how close he come to lose it . but as much a i enjoy both of these fine actor and i be particularly impressed with the work of daniela bianchi from from russia with love fame . in operation double 007 and she get to play both the good and bad girl and wear some over the top outfit and and look generally fabulous . it a shame she do not go on to do more after this movie . she have a definite screen presence about her . there be some out there who want to label operation double 007 a james bond rip off . it not a rip off and it a parody and a good one at that . operation double 007 be release the same year a the more famous bond parody casino royale . the big difference be that casino royale be one big and bloated mess of a movie that rarely funny . operation double 007 and on the other hand and be a blast . in fact and and this may be blasphemous to some and but it more fun than about half of the bond movie . it too bad it never have a proper r1 dvd release so that more people might discover this movie . the only way i have see the movie be courtesy of a dvd r of the mystery science theater 3000 episode on which it appear . it a great episode and but i would love to see a good release without the bot and their comment .