Lucky, the Inscrutable

Lucky, the Inscrutable
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Directed by	Jesús Franco
Written by	José Luis Martínez Mollá; Julio Buchs; Remigio Del Grosso; Jesús Franco;
Produced by	Artur Brauner; Luis Mendes; Jose Frade
Starring	Ray Danton; Dieter Eppler; Rosalba Neri;
Cinematography	Fulvio Testi
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Release dates	23 June 1967 (Italy); 1 September 1967 (West Germany);
Language	Italian

Lucky, the Inscrutable (Italian: Agente speciale L.K.: Operazione Re Mida, Spanish: Lucky, el intrépido, German: Lucky M. füllt alle Särge) is a 1967 Spanish-Italian-German spy film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Ray Danton.^[2] It marked the first collaboration between Franco and the Italian composer Bruno Nicolai, who worked together many times in the following years. Franco said he and Nicolai were neighbors, which made working together convenient^[3] (Franco played not one, but three, small cameo roles in this film).

This film was Franco's first Spanish-Italian-German co-production, and was also his first film for German producer Artur Brauner. It was also Italian actress Rosalba Neri's first Franco film.^[3] Patty Shepard, 21 in this film, went on to become a famous cult star of Spanish horror cinema several years later. The film was not shown theatrically in the USA. The most complete print is the Italian print, running at 92 minutes.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Ray Danton as Lucky
Barbara Bold as Brunehilde
Dante Posani as Michele
Dieter Eppler as Hans
Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui as Gafas de Oro
María Luisa Ponte as Madame Linda
Rosalba Neri as Yaka
Beba Lončar as Beba
Teresa Gimpera as Cleopatra
Patty Shepard as telephonist
Jesús Franco 3 cameos (as Man on Train/ guitar player/ blind man)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-907222-31-3.
^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-593-5.
^ ^a ^b Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana (in Italian). Milan: Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.

External links[edit]

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[MP117-1] Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-907222-31-3.

[60-69_a-l-2] Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico; Pecorari, Mario (1992). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-593-5.

[giusti-3] Giusti, Marco (2010). 007 all'italiana (in Italian). Milan: Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-187-4.

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