A young blonde called Jane Freeman has been murdered at the pool in Beyrouth , Lebanon . She turns out to be a daughter of Professor Freeman who has been told his daughter will die unless he gives up his research. Along the way , other international scientists have been found dead . Then , secret agent Michael Drum (Lang Jeffries) is assigned a dangerous mission to protect the important scientists , being helped by Inspector Craig (José Bódalo) against a megalomaniac mastermind . Posing as a scrounger Drum allows himself to be captured by the opposition, in order to thwart their schemes , and given a drug that changes his free will and makes him a robot ready to follow orders . After many chases and intrigue, he arranges to get away with "the secret plans". Our valiant , easy-going playboy/agent , takes on a powerful criminal organization commanded by Rashid (Andrea Bosic) and his hoodlums (Erika Blanc , José Marco) whose aim is to rule the world .
Ordinary Euro-spy movie with usual components : pursuits , crashes , struggles , chases , fantastic gadgets , strange artifacts , simple helicopters , international conspiracy , and explosive women . It borrows heavily from the OO7 series that at the time starred Sean Connery , such as : Dr No, From Russia with love , Thunderball, and Goldfinger . It has some flaws and gaps , as it does tend to get a bit old , including repetitive nature of some fight scenes , but it has big fun , so it cares . Lang Jeffries gives a passable acting as a brave playboy/secret agent who takes on an criminal organization that especializes in relevant assassinations . Lang has an easy going air about him that makes him great to see . He plays a two-fisted spy who even allows to be injected a poison, though himself takes an antidote . Co-stars two Eurotrash starletts as Erika Blanc and Emma Danieli . Along with a plethora of Spanish secondaries , usual in Spaghetti and Peplum , such as José Bodalo, José Marco and Jesús Tordesillas .
It packs a cololorful cinematography in Panavision and Eastmancolor by cameraman Julio Ortas in terrific locations from Beyrouth, Lebanon , Madrid, Spain , Rome, Lazio, Italy , Turkey . And an atmospheric and thrilling musical score in the seventies style by Francesco De Masi . The motion picture was professionally directed by Mario Caiano , and it definitively worth checking out if you are a fan of Euro spy genre . At his beginning , Caiano worked as a director assistant for known Italian filmmakers as Sergio Grieco, Fernando Cerchio , Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia , Vittorio Sala , Riccardo Freda, Edgar G. Ulmer and Camillo Mastrocinque . In 1962 Caiano made his film debut as a director with Ulises versus Hercules (1962). From then on he made films in virtually every genre. He directed the very first Italian western, ¨The sign of the Coyote¨ (1963), he made an acceptable western , genre in which he would not only excel but one where he would spent much of the rest of his career , as he directed several Spaghetti : ¨Brandy¨, ¨Avenger of California¨ , ¨Ringo, face of revenge¨, ¨My name is Shanghai Joe¨, ¨Bullets don't argue¨, ¨Lone and angry man¨, ¨A train to Durango¨. Caiano is a craftsman who has directed all kind of genres as Peplum as ¨Ulisse vs Ercole¨, ¨I due Gladiatori¨, ¨Maciste Gadiatori di Sparta¨ and Terror : the gothic horror flick¨Nightmare castle¨(1965), which starred Barbara Steele, ¨Eye in the labyrinth¨ with Adolfo Celi , Psychological thriller and Poliziesco as the detective thriller ¨A tutte le auto della polizia...¨ (1975) and even Pornonazi as ¨Nazi love camp 27¨. Although Caiano couldn't be deemed an "A"-list director, his movies had a professionalism and a verve that many of those made by his fellow B directors lacked .
