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The Body Stealers (1969) aka Galaxy Horror Lobby Card
We should remind the nice folks out there that this is merely artistic speculation on our part of Neil Connery’s life.
The James Bond director Terence Young was listening to the wireless in London one day in 1966 when he heard a familiar voice: it was the voice of 007 himself, and to Young’s amazement it was
Sad news that Neil Connery passed away last week at the age of 83.
Neil Who? Well, he was, of course, the younger brother of Sean Connery. Not only that, but he was a dead ringer for his brother back in the 1960s (I’ve seen some more recent photos of him and the similarity continued to the end). Due to him being a lookalike, Neil was cast in what might be the weirdest Bond-related movie of all time, Operation Kid Brother (also known as OK Connery).
In this Italian-made film, the overdubbed Neil Connery plays a plastic surgeon named, uh, Neil Connery, who is also a skilled hypnotist who is recruited by a secret agency when one of their top spies is murdered. Also starring in the film are Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, who are basically playing M and Moneypenny with different names (and with this version of Moneypenny actually being more action-oriented in the spirit of the current film version of the character). The lead villain is played by Adolfo Celi, who played the baddie in Thunderball, and the, er, Connery Girl in this is Daniela Bianchi, who was Sean’s co-star in From Russia with Love. Anthony Dawson, who played Professor “You’ve had your six” Dent in Dr. No as well as Blofeld in From Russia with Love and Thunderball, also appears.
The irony is Neil was cast in part because Terence Young, the director of several early Bond films, knew the director of this film and mentioned to him how Neil sounded just like Sean. The irony continues in that Neil ended up being overdubbed by another actor because he was unable to record the English overdub for medical reasons.
Is OK Connery an OK film? I’ve seen it. It’s fun. And fans of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 are probably familiar with it as it was featured in an episode.
Neil Connery never really took up acting, though he made a few more film appearances over the years, preferring to work as a plasterer. But in a small way he contributed to the Bond mythos and left behind a baffling, but still entertaining, film. RIP.
1967 (Very Rare THAI Poster ) OK Connery Also Known As (AKA) Operation Double 007 Secret Agent 00 Brazil Operação Irmão Caçula Colombia Operación hermano menor Denmark Operation Lillebror Spain Todos los hermanos eran agentes Finland Operaatio 'Pikkuveli' France Opération frère Cadet Greece (transliterated) Sta ihni tou adelfou tou Ireland (English title) Operation Kid Brother Italy (alternative spelling) O.K. Connery Japan Dokutâ Konerî/Kiddo Burazâ sakusen Mexico Operación hermano menor USA (informal short title) Kid Brother USA Operation Kid Brother West Germany Operation 'Kleiner Bruder' Directed by Alberto De Martino Music by Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai Writing Credits Paolo Levi ... (story) Paolo Levi ... (screenplay) Frank Walker ... (screenplay) Stanley Wright ... (screenplay) Stefano Canzio ... (screenplay) Release Dates Italy 20 April 1967 USA 22 November 1967 (New York City, New York) Japan 2 March 1968 Finland 26 April 1968 West Germany 26 April 1968 UK May 1968 Denmark 29 May 1968 France 28 June 1968 Ireland 12 July 1968 Mexico 17 July 1969 Finland 1 April 2007 (Night Visions Film Festival) Cast Neil Connery Neil Connery ... Dr. Neil Connery Daniela Bianchi Daniela Bianchi ... Maya Rafis Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi .. Mr. Thai - 'Beta' Agata Flori Agata Flori ... Mildred Bernard Lee Bernard Lee ... Commander Cunningham Anthony Dawson Anthony Dawson ... Alpha Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell ... Max Yachuco Yama Yachuco Yama ... Yachuko Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini ... Juan 🎬🇮🇹 #okconnery #operationkidbrother #operationfrerecadet #neilconnery #danielabianchi #adolfoceli #albertodemartino #enniomorricone #brunonicolai #italianspy #spymovie #eurospy #007 #seanconnery #spaghettispy #giallofever #giallo ##spionistico #cultmovies #italiancultmovie
1967 OK Connery Also Known As (AKA) Operation Double 007 Secret Agent 00 Brazil Operação Irmão Caçula Colombia Operación hermano menor Denmark Operation Lillebror Spain Todos los hermanos eran agentes Finland Operaatio 'Pikkuveli' France Opération frère Cadet Greece (transliterated) Sta ihni tou adelfou tou Ireland (English title) Operation Kid Brother Italy (alternative spelling) O.K. Connery Japan Dokutâ Konerî/Kiddo Burazâ sakusen Mexico Operación hermano menor USA (informal short title) Kid Brother USA Operation Kid Brother West Germany Operation 'Kleiner Bruder' Directed by Alberto De Martino Music by Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai Writing Credits Paolo Levi ... (story) Paolo Levi ... (screenplay) Frank Walker ... (screenplay) Stanley Wright ... (screenplay) Stefano Canzio ... (screenplay) Release Dates Italy 20 April 1967 USA 22 November 1967 (New York City, New York) Japan 2 March 1968 Finland 26 April 1968 West Germany 26 April 1968 UK May 1968 Denmark 29 May 1968 France 28 June 1968 Ireland 12 July 1968 Mexico 17 July 1969 Finland 1 April 2007 (Night Visions Film Festival) Cast Neil Connery Neil Connery ... Dr. Neil Connery Daniela Bianchi Daniela Bianchi ... Maya Rafis Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi... Mr. Thai - 'Beta' Agata Flori Agata Flori ... Mildred Bernard Lee Bernard Lee ... Commander Cunningham Anthony Dawson Anthony Dawson ... Alpha Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell ... Max Yachuco Yama Yachuco Yama ... Yachuko Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini ... Juan Ana María Noé Ana María Noé ... Lotte Krayendorf Guido Lollobrigida Guido Lollobrigida ... Kurt Francesco Tensi Francesco Tensi ... Auctioneer Margherita Horowitz Margherita Horowitz ... (credit only) Enzo Consoli Enzo Consoli ... Sitting Man at Lecture (as Vincenzo Consoli) Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili ... (as Mirella Pompili) Nando Angelini Nando Angelini ... Ward Jones Lanfranco Ceccarelli Lanfranco Ceccarelli ... Assassin (as Franco Ceccarelli) Aldo Cecconi Aldo Cecconi ... Wilson Antonio Gradoli Antonio Gradoli ... Monte Carlo inspector Fajda Nicol Fajda Nicol ... Henchwoman (as Faida Nicol) Caterina Trentini Caterina Trentini ... (as Kathleen Trentini) Leonardo Scavino Leonardo Scavino ... Ben AHmed (as Leo Scavino) Rest of cast : Mario Soria Mario Soria ... Gamma (uncredited) Kitty Swan Kitty Swan ... Co-agent on ship (uncredited) Pietro Torrisi Pietro Torrisi ... (uncredited)
1967 OK Connery Also Known As (AKA) Operation Double 007 Secret Agent 00 Brazil Operação Irmão Caçula Colombia Operación hermano menor Denmark Operation Lillebror Spain Todos los hermanos eran agentes Finland Operaatio 'Pikkuveli' France Opération frère Cadet Greece (transliterated) Sta ihni tou adelfou tou Ireland (English title) Operation Kid Brother Italy (alternative spelling) O.K. Connery Japan Dokutâ Konerî/Kiddo Burazâ sakusen Mexico Operación hermano menor USA (informal short title) Kid Brother USA Operation Kid Brother West Germany Operation 'Kleiner Bruder' Directed by Alberto De Martino Music by Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai Writing Credits Paolo Levi ... (story) Paolo Levi ... (screenplay) Frank Walker ... (screenplay) Stanley Wright ... (screenplay) Stefano Canzio ... (screenplay) Release Dates Italy 20 April 1967 USA 22 November 1967 (New York City, New York) Japan 2 March 1968 Finland 26 April 1968 West Germany 26 April 1968 UK May 1968 Denmark 29 May 1968 France 28 June 1968 Ireland 12 July 1968 Mexico 17 July 1969 Finland 1 April 2007 (Night Visions Film Festival) Cast Neil Connery Neil Connery ... Dr. Neil Connery Daniela Bianchi Daniela Bianchi ... Maya Rafis Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi... Mr. Thai - 'Beta' Agata Flori Agata Flori ... Mildred Bernard Lee Bernard Lee ... Commander Cunningham Anthony Dawson Anthony Dawson ... Alpha Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell ... Max Yachuco Yama Yachuco Yama ... Yachuko Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini ... Juan Ana María Noé Ana María Noé ... Lotte Krayendorf Guido Lollobrigida Guido Lollobrigida ... Kurt Francesco Tensi Francesco Tensi ... Auctioneer Margherita Horowitz Margherita Horowitz ... (credit only) Enzo Consoli Enzo Consoli ... Sitting Man at Lecture (as Vincenzo Consoli) Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili ... (as Mirella Pompili) Nando Angelini Nando Angelini ... Ward Jones Lanfranco Ceccarelli Lanfranco Ceccarelli ... Assassin (as Franco Ceccarelli) Aldo Cecconi Aldo Cecconi ... Wilson Antonio Gradoli Antonio Gradoli ... Monte Carlo inspector Fajda Nicol Fajda Nicol ... Henchwoman (as Faida Nicol) Caterina Trentini Caterina Trentini ... (as Kathleen Trentini) Leonardo Scavino Leonardo Scavino ... Ben AHmed (as Leo Scavino) Rest of cast : Mario Soria Mario Soria ... Gamma (uncredited) Kitty Swan Kitty Swan ... Co-agent on ship (uncredited) Pietro Torrisi Pietro Torrisi ... (uncredited)