Six American moon launches in a row from Cape Canaveral have ended in catastrophe in the destroy button needing to be deployed in each case as the rockets were going off course and with the high cost of the destroyed hardware of the rockets . Dr. Rooney (Francisco Sanz) , part of the scientific team behind the launches, believes it is sabotage in having detected radiation signals coming from below the water's surface in the vicinity of the cape that is most-likely the cause of the rockets' change of trajectory. When Rooney himself goes missing in his investigation of the radiation source , the FSIC (Federal Security Investigation Commission) gets involved in knowing indeed that it is sabotage. Then a U. S. agent (Anthony Eisley) is assigned the mission and he goes undercover posing as a wealthy playboy to stop a madman (Folco Lulli) from destroying a NASA moon project. Just like his English counterpart (007) , our special agent to be surrounded by some beautiful female representatives (Wandisa Guida, Diana Lorys, Luisa Rivelli) and luckily , Italian genre cinema is an almost inexhaustible breeding ground for beauties of all kinds.
¨Lightning Bolt¨or ¨Operazione Goldman¨ (1966) belongs to ¨Eurospy" subgenre , under this somewhat barbaric Anglicism hides a series of films produced in Europe between 1962 and 1969 that tried to take advantage of the success of James Bond and especially : Dr No , From Russia with love and Goldfinger. One of the peculiarities of the "James Bond¨ rip-offs was wanting to imitate their model without ever having neither means , nor budget , turning to economy like most films of this sub-genre . Operation Goldman could have sunk into mediocrity or conformism , but it was without counting on this good artisan Antonio Margheriti that found the breeding ground here ideal to give us one of those uninhibited and fun movies that he had the secret of shooting with skill and professionality enough . The movie starts slowly like a conventional spy story , but once the hero is in the villain's underwater landmark , the director lets loose by recycling some ideas already exploited in his previous sci-fi movies like frozen humans , etc. The script is obviously just a pretext for Margheriti who does not hesitate to fit models and ideas of all kinds , which does not prevent him from abusing NASA stock footage , this is one of the weak points of this production, but the filmmaker once again demonstrates his incredible knowledge by integrating the explosion of models into real images. Unable the production to afford a designer of Ken Adam's importance , and the lack of budget does not prevent Margheritti from inventing some successful settings , as he cleverly uses some impressive scenarios , such as the large underwater headquarter, the villain's "high-tech" desk, protected by two giant articulated needles or the Italian Olympic team's training pool with a handful of bathing suit extras . In addition , he recreates a Florida hotel without ever leaving Spain or Italy where it was shot . Stars Anthony Eisley who was at the time one of the actors of a series that aired on ABC "Hawaiian Eye" (1959-1963). Subsequently, he also appeared in quite a few budget and genre films such as The Wasp Woman (1960), "The Navy vs. The Night Monsters" (1966), "The Mighty Gorga" (1969), The Witchmaker (1969), "Dracula vs Frankenstein" (1971) or "The Doll Squad" (1974). The film benefits itself from appearances by gorgeous young starlettes to be followed long careers in the Eurotrash genres , such as : Wandisa Guida, Diana Lorys and Luisa Rivelli . But here stands out the really gorgeous Diana Lorys , a Spanish female who has distinguished herself quite a bit in the spaghetti western: "The outlaws of Casa Grande" (1964), "I Gemelli del Texas" (1964), "The charge of the mounted police" (1964), "Murieta" ( 1965), "The border of hatred" (1965), "Django shoots first" (1966), "El texicano" (1966), "Pancho Villa" (1968), "Sonora" (1968), "Río Hondo" ( 1968), "Shoot Django First" (1971), The Four Mercenaries of El Paso (1971), "Chino" (1973), "Goodbye California" (1977), "The Cursed City" (1978) . While Wandisa Guida is a beauty who has distinguished herself in many films of the Sword and sandals genre: "The Revenge of Hercules", "The Rebellion of the Slaves", "The Revenge of Ursus", "The gladiators of Rome", "Maciste in King Solomon's mines", "The giants of Rome" ("Fort Alesia") or "Samson against all" and she will appear again in "A 077, Sfida ai Killers" and Operazione Goldman before stopping her career, making a final appearance in 1982 in "Assassinio al cimitero etrusco" ("Crime in the Etruscan Cemetery"). And being a Spain/Italy co-production showing up here and there some Spanish familiar actors , such as : Francisco Sanz , José María Caffarel , Tito Garcia , Fernando Hilbeck , Barta Barri and Italians : Folco Lulli , Aldo Canti , among others.
It contains a colorful cinematography by cameraman Riccardo Pallottini , though a perfect remastering being really necessary . Displaying a thrilling and moving musical score by Riz Ortalani. The motion picture was well produced by Alfonso Balcazar and professional but regularly directed by terror expert Antonio Margheritti or Anthony M. Dawson , though it displays some failures and shortcomings . Expert filmmaker Margheriti could not escape to shot Euro-spy films : after a series of science films fiction that will considerably strengthen his reputation over time, he continued with this spy genre : an adventure of Agent 077 aka Bob Fleming "A 077, Sfida ai Killers" with Richard Harrison and ¨Operazione Goldman¨, the latter largely inspired by Dr. No and Goldfinger. ¨Lightning Bolt¨ was directed by Stakhanovist Antonio Margheritti, who was responsible for one of the most bizarre and insane space operas ever made : ¨Wild, Wild Planet¨. He was one of the great Italian directors of the era, and has really attracted a cult following, but he made more than his share of half-way decent films in a number of different genres, and a few which are actually goofy enough to overcome their limitations. Antonio Margheritti was a good but uneven craftsman , expert on terror and exploitation films. Being a prestigious filmmaker of Spaghetti Westerns, terror , adventures Peplum and anything else . Notorious Antonio Margheritti directed with skillness and aplomb from 1956 to his death in 2002 . Antonio was a former university engineering student who began shooting in 1956. He made all kinds of genres , some of them splendidly directed and others mediocre or flops . As he realized wartime movies , such as : ¨The Last Hunter¨, ¨Tornado¨, ¨Codename Wild Geese¨, ¨Der Commander¨ , ¨Command Leopard¨ . Sci-Fi : ¨War of Planets¨, Planet of the Prowl¨ , ¨Criminal of the Galaxy¨ , ¨Yor the Hunter from the future¨ , ¨Treasure Planet¨ . Spaghetti Western : ¨Joko¨, ¨Dynamite Joe¨, ¨The Stranger and the Gunfighter¨, ¨Take a Hard Ride¨ , ¨Ghosts go West¨ , ¨Joe implacable¨, ¨God Said to Cain¨. And Terror : Virgin of Nuremberg , Cannibal Apocalypse , Alien From Deep , ¨Flesh for Dracula¨ , ¨Flesh for Frankenstein¨, among others. Rating 5.5/10. Mediocre but passable for the enjoyable cast and adequate direction . The picture will appeal to Euro-spy aficionados.
¨Lightning Bolt¨or ¨Operazione Goldman¨ (1966) belongs to ¨Eurospy" subgenre , under this somewhat barbaric Anglicism hides a series of films produced in Europe between 1962 and 1969 that tried to take advantage of the success of James Bond and especially : Dr No , From Russia with love and Goldfinger. One of the peculiarities of the "James Bond¨ rip-offs was wanting to imitate their model without ever having neither means , nor budget , turning to economy like most films of this sub-genre . Operation Goldman could have sunk into mediocrity or conformism , but it was without counting on this good artisan Antonio Margheriti that found the breeding ground here ideal to give us one of those uninhibited and fun movies that he had the secret of shooting with skill and professionality enough . The movie starts slowly like a conventional spy story , but once the hero is in the villain's underwater landmark , the director lets loose by recycling some ideas already exploited in his previous sci-fi movies like frozen humans , etc. The script is obviously just a pretext for Margheriti who does not hesitate to fit models and ideas of all kinds , which does not prevent him from abusing NASA stock footage , this is one of the weak points of this production, but the filmmaker once again demonstrates his incredible knowledge by integrating the explosion of models into real images. Unable the production to afford a designer of Ken Adam's importance , and the lack of budget does not prevent Margheritti from inventing some successful settings , as he cleverly uses some impressive scenarios , such as the large underwater headquarter, the villain's "high-tech" desk, protected by two giant articulated needles or the Italian Olympic team's training pool with a handful of bathing suit extras . In addition , he recreates a Florida hotel without ever leaving Spain or Italy where it was shot . Stars Anthony Eisley who was at the time one of the actors of a series that aired on ABC "Hawaiian Eye" (1959-1963). Subsequently, he also appeared in quite a few budget and genre films such as The Wasp Woman (1960), "The Navy vs. The Night Monsters" (1966), "The Mighty Gorga" (1969), The Witchmaker (1969), "Dracula vs Frankenstein" (1971) or "The Doll Squad" (1974). The film benefits itself from appearances by gorgeous young starlettes to be followed long careers in the Eurotrash genres , such as : Wandisa Guida, Diana Lorys and Luisa Rivelli . But here stands out the really gorgeous Diana Lorys , a Spanish female who has distinguished herself quite a bit in the spaghetti western: "The outlaws of Casa Grande" (1964), "I Gemelli del Texas" (1964), "The charge of the mounted police" (1964), "Murieta" ( 1965), "The border of hatred" (1965), "Django shoots first" (1966), "El texicano" (1966), "Pancho Villa" (1968), "Sonora" (1968), "Río Hondo" ( 1968), "Shoot Django First" (1971), The Four Mercenaries of El Paso (1971), "Chino" (1973), "Goodbye California" (1977), "The Cursed City" (1978) . While Wandisa Guida is a beauty who has distinguished herself in many films of the Sword and sandals genre: "The Revenge of Hercules", "The Rebellion of the Slaves", "The Revenge of Ursus", "The gladiators of Rome", "Maciste in King Solomon's mines", "The giants of Rome" ("Fort Alesia") or "Samson against all" and she will appear again in "A 077, Sfida ai Killers" and Operazione Goldman before stopping her career, making a final appearance in 1982 in "Assassinio al cimitero etrusco" ("Crime in the Etruscan Cemetery"). And being a Spain/Italy co-production showing up here and there some Spanish familiar actors , such as : Francisco Sanz , José María Caffarel , Tito Garcia , Fernando Hilbeck , Barta Barri and Italians : Folco Lulli , Aldo Canti , among others.
It contains a colorful cinematography by cameraman Riccardo Pallottini , though a perfect remastering being really necessary . Displaying a thrilling and moving musical score by Riz Ortalani. The motion picture was well produced by Alfonso Balcazar and professional but regularly directed by terror expert Antonio Margheritti or Anthony M. Dawson , though it displays some failures and shortcomings . Expert filmmaker Margheriti could not escape to shot Euro-spy films : after a series of science films fiction that will considerably strengthen his reputation over time, he continued with this spy genre : an adventure of Agent 077 aka Bob Fleming "A 077, Sfida ai Killers" with Richard Harrison and ¨Operazione Goldman¨, the latter largely inspired by Dr. No and Goldfinger. ¨Lightning Bolt¨ was directed by Stakhanovist Antonio Margheritti, who was responsible for one of the most bizarre and insane space operas ever made : ¨Wild, Wild Planet¨. He was one of the great Italian directors of the era, and has really attracted a cult following, but he made more than his share of half-way decent films in a number of different genres, and a few which are actually goofy enough to overcome their limitations. Antonio Margheritti was a good but uneven craftsman , expert on terror and exploitation films. Being a prestigious filmmaker of Spaghetti Westerns, terror , adventures Peplum and anything else . Notorious Antonio Margheritti directed with skillness and aplomb from 1956 to his death in 2002 . Antonio was a former university engineering student who began shooting in 1956. He made all kinds of genres , some of them splendidly directed and others mediocre or flops . As he realized wartime movies , such as : ¨The Last Hunter¨, ¨Tornado¨, ¨Codename Wild Geese¨, ¨Der Commander¨ , ¨Command Leopard¨ . Sci-Fi : ¨War of Planets¨, Planet of the Prowl¨ , ¨Criminal of the Galaxy¨ , ¨Yor the Hunter from the future¨ , ¨Treasure Planet¨ . Spaghetti Western : ¨Joko¨, ¨Dynamite Joe¨, ¨The Stranger and the Gunfighter¨, ¨Take a Hard Ride¨ , ¨Ghosts go West¨ , ¨Joe implacable¨, ¨God Said to Cain¨. And Terror : Virgin of Nuremberg , Cannibal Apocalypse , Alien From Deep , ¨Flesh for Dracula¨ , ¨Flesh for Frankenstein¨, among others. Rating 5.5/10. Mediocre but passable for the enjoyable cast and adequate direction . The picture will appeal to Euro-spy aficionados.