James Tont Operation T.W.O.

James Tont Operation T.W.O.

Year: 1966

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Bruno Corbucci

ActionComedy

A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter’s Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.

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1

Trinidad mission: recover microfilm

Tont is sent to Trinidad to recover microfilm concealed inside an enemy agent. He performs surgery to remove the microfilm and the agent's inflamed appendix, ensuring the data is in his hands. This marks the opening phase of the operation.

Phase 1 Trinidad
2

Assignment to Las Vegas to meet Rider

Tont is ordered to Las Vegas to contact CIA Agent Tristian Rider for further instructions. The mission shifts from extraction to coordinating intelligence with a key contact on the ground.

Phase 2 Las Vegas
3

Las Vegas: encounter with Goldsinger and the loaded dice

In Las Vegas, Tont meets Erik Goldsinger, a wealthy music producer. Goldsinger wins at craps using loaded dice, and Tont defeats him by secretly altering a die's spots from three to two.

Phase 2 Las Vegas
4

Humiliation and vengeance: Kayo and powdered remnants

Goldsinger storms off with his Oriental servant Kayo in tow, planning revenge. Kayo crushes the loaded dice in his fist, leaving Tont with powdered remnants as a humiliating trophy.

Phase 2 Las Vegas
5

Joyce Patterson's seduction and gold-painted assassination attempt

Joyce Patterson, one of Goldsinger's singers and undercover agent, seduces Tont and drugs him. She tries to assassinate him by painting him gold, but the plan fails due to incomplete coverage.

Phase 2 Las Vegas
6

Rider discovers the golden Tont and briefs him

Tristian Rider discovers the golden Tont and informs him that his mission is to investigate Goldsinger. This discovery sets the stage for the broader conspiracy he will pursue.

Phase 2 Las Vegas
7

New York assignment: Barbara Ray tests Tont

Rider sends Tont to New York City to obtain information from Barbara Ray, CIA Agent SOS 112 who is secretly working for Goldsinger as a musical director. To avoid suspicion, she tests him by having him sing on a film clip.

Phase 3 New York City
8

Goldsinger recognizes Tont from the audition

Goldsinger watches the clip and recognizes Tont as the man who defeated him. He becomes enraged that Tont is still alive and is intent on signing the talented agent.

Phase 3 New York City
9

Joyce punished in Hong Kong

Goldsinger disciplines Joyce by sending her to Hong Kong for punishment. The move underscores his ongoing vendetta against those who thwart him.

Phase 4 Hong Kong
10

Assassination attempt at a studio; SOS 117 rescues Tont

Goldsinger schemes to eliminate Tont by sending him to a studio with a lowered ceiling. The attempt is foiled when CIA Agent SOS 117, a ventriloquist white mouse, rescues Tont.

Phase 4 Studio
11

Return to London and London briefing

Tont is dispatched back to London where his chief briefs him on the incomplete details of Operation April Fool/UNO recovered from the microfilm. The briefing brings coherence to the scattered clues.

Phase 5 London
12

Red China involvement: plan against the UN

Goldsinger is employed by Red China to use his international music company to destroy the United Nations Headquarters in New York in retaliation for China being refused entry. Tont is warned that 007 3/4 will replace him if he wastes time.

Phase 6 New York
13

Tont pursues Goldsinger to Italy

Tont is sent to pursue Goldsinger to his headquarters in Italy to uncover his plans to attack the United Nations building. He prepares for a decisive confrontation that could alter global events.

Phase 7 Italy
14

Disguise and Fiat 500 D: tools for the mission

To blend in with the population, Tont is given the identity of Giacomino Tontonati and a Fiat 500 D equipped with secret weapons and devices. This covert setup enables him to move freely toward the next phase of the mission.

Phase 7 On the road to Italy
15

The third encounter: a world-impacting finale

The third encounter with Goldsinger is poised to affect the entire world, signaling a climactic turn in the mission. Tont's actions will have global implications beyond the immediate ground to be fought.

Finale Global

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