James Tont Operation T.W.O. (1966) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Goldsinger is recruited by Red China to use his international music corporation to destroy the UN Headquarters in New York. This is retaliation for China being refused entry into the United Nations. The plan leverages his legitimate business cover to carry out a terrorist attack with global implications.

• goldsinger
• united nations
• red china
• terrorism
• music corporation

Joyce Patterson drugs Tont and coats him entirely in gold paint, which should have been fatal. However, the assassination fails because the gold paint doesn't cover Tont completely, leaving some exposed skin that allows him to survive until Rider discovers him.

• gold paint
• assassination
• joyce patterson
• survived

Operation April Fool/UNO is the mission revealed through the microfilm Tont recovered in Trinidad. It's a plan gathered from incomplete details that outlines Goldsinger's conspiracy to attack the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The briefing in London provides Tont with the intelligence needed to pursue the villain.

• operation april fool
• uno
• microfilm
• united nations
• london briefing

Goldsinger watches the musical film clip of Tont performing that Barbara Ray created to test him. Although Tont is disguised as a singer, Goldsinger immediately recognizes him as the man who defeated him at the craps table in Las Vegas by altering the die from three to two. This recognition enrages Goldsinger and intensifies his determination to eliminate Tont.

Foreshadowing: The dice incident in Las Vegas established Tont as Goldsinger's enemy.

• goldsinger
• tont
• recognition
• audition
• craps
• dice

SOS 117 is a CIA Agent who is also a ventriloquist white mouse. When Goldsinger schemes to kill Tont by sending him to a studio with a lowered ceiling designed to crush him, SOS 117 intervenes and rescues Tont from the trap. This is one of the film's absurd comedic rescue moments.

• sos 117
• white mouse
• ventriloquist
• studio
• rescue
• ceiling

After the London briefing reveals Goldsinger's plan to attack the UN, Tont is dispatched to pursue Goldsinger to his headquarters in Italy. The mission is to uncover the specific plans for the attack on the United Nations building. Tont is given the alias Giacomino Tontonati and a specially equipped Fiat 500 D to blend in with the local population.

• italy
• goldsinger headquarters
• fiat 500
• giacomino tontonati
• pursuit

Tont is warned that 007 3/4 will replace him if he delays or fails his mission. This is another joke in the film's parody of James Bond, implying there's an even more competent agent waiting to take over the case. The threat creates a deadline pressure on Tont to succeed.

• 007 3/4
• replacement
• threat
• failure
• bond parody

Goldsinger wins at craps using loaded dice. Tont defeats him by secretly altering the spots on a die from three to two, denying Goldsinger a chance to win back his money. This enrages Goldsinger and sets up their rivalry. His servant Kayo crushes the loaded dice in his fist as a silent rebuke.

• craps
• dice
• las vegas
• goldsinger
• kayo
• gamble

Barbara Ray is CIA Agent SOS 112, but she is secretly working for Goldsinger as a musical director. In New York, she is tasked with obtaining information from her. To avoid raising suspicion, Barbara tests Tont by having him perform in a film clip, not realizing she's dealing with an undercover agent.

• barbara ray
• cia
• sos 112
• musical director
• double agent
• new york

After Joyce fails to assassinate Tont with the gold paint scheme, Goldsinger punishes her by sending her to Hong Kong. This demonstrates Goldsinger's ruthless nature and his vendetta against anyone who fails him, including his own agents.

• joyce patterson
• hong kong
• punishment
• goldsinger
• failed assassination

In Trinidad, Tont is sent to recover microfilm that has been concealed inside an enemy agent's body. He performs surgery to remove both the microfilm and the agent's inflamed appendix. This unusual hiding spot represents the kind of elaborate contrivance typical of spy films this parody copies.

• trinidad
• microfilm
• appendix
• surgery
• enemy agent

Tont is provided with a Fiat 500 D equipped with a multitude of secret weapons and devices. This is the film's take on Q's gadget-laden vehicles from the James Bond series, giving Tont various spy equipment to use during his mission in Italy.

• fiat 500
• gadgets
• weapons
• q branch
• spy car
• italy