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Top 5 Spy Comedies

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With the upcoming UK and US release of the Melissa McCarthy Spy-Comedy ‘Spy’ out on the 5th of June, we break down our top 5 examples of a sub-genre’s sub-genre that’s sometimes spoof or satire, sometimes irreverent action/adventure but often entertaining, the Spy-Comedy.

 

#5:

‘Casino Royale’ (1967)

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casinoroyale_146x216casinoyoyalestill1Legendary MI6 agent Sir James Bond (David Niven) is forced out of retirement to battle the evil “SMERSH” organization who are eliminating agents around the globe and trying to kill him, as the new head of MI6, Bond recruits a team of agents all designated “James Bond 007” to confuse SMERSH and combat their destructive powers of seduction in this James Bond parody loosely based on Ian Fleming’s novel and one of the earliest “spoof” films.

The original ‘Casino Royale’ is a notoriously troubled Hollywood production led by producer and first Hollywood “super-agent” Charles K. Feldman who fought with everyone including the 5 different directors he went through, needless to say the film is a mad disjointed series of stories that features an incredible cast of 60’s stars and some huge cameos, the result is a bizarre and pseudo-psychedelic comedy train-wreck that’s sometimes unintentionally funny but certainly unforgettable.

Managing to turn a large and commercially successful Hollywood production into a cult-classic is no mean feat, the sheer audacity and ridiculousness of the movie has guaranteed it over the last 48 years, but as the godfather of Spy-Comedies it deserves a place on this list, a perfect illustration of what you get when you mix a megalomaniacal producer with an all-star cast… and probably a lot of psychotropic substances.

Directed by John Huston, Ken Hughes & Robert Parrish among others and starring David Niven, Peter Sellers & Orson Welles among many others.

Genre: Comedy, Action

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