One of the better and more serious James Bond rip offs. The film has low budget but takes itself seriously and avoids camp. Superseven needs to track down a rare radioactive material hidden in a camera. This sends him off to Cario where most of the film takes place. Meanwhile, the bed guys want get the material first, or at least let Superseven lead them to it. There he meets Rosalba Neri's Faddja, who is forced to help the bad guys to pay off her debt to them. Rosalba gets decent screen time here and looks great. Her role is a bit more involved in the plot than many of her films. It's hard to tell if she's with the hero or against him, which is an plus given the majority of the characters she played. A huge surprise for me here was the female lead, Fabienne Dali. She played the old woman Ruth in KILL BABY KILL under a load of make up. She's a femme fatale here and 180 degrees from Ruth. I watched a dreadful looking full screen English dubbed print. There is a widescreen German DVD I would love to see sometime, a good looking copy would improve the film's pleasure tenfold.
12 Reviews
Slick if meandering globe-trotting adventure
gridoon202411 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
"Shhhh....I'm a secret agent. You know, James Bond!", Roger Browne says at one point. Well, you certainly can't accuse "Superseven Calling Cairo" of trying to hide its roots. The very first scene is a perfect capsule of the appeal of this genre - pleasure and danger rolled into one. This is one of the better-looking mid-1960's Euro spy films I've seen, with some eye-filling shots of Cairo, Locarno and Rome. The women are not only gorgeous, but their roles are important to the plot as well. And the plot itself is pretty smart, with a couple of twists that may fool you. However, all this globe-trotting does begin to feel a bit meandering after a while. Nevertheless, this is a more than respectable entry in the genre. **1/2 out of 4.
Superseven
BandSAboutMovies16 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Based on a novel by Umberto Lenzi - and directed by him - this Bond clone starts Roger Browne (The Spy Who Loved Flowers, Emanuelle in America) as Agent Superseven Martin Stevens. He's joined by Fabienne Dali (Kill, Baby, Kill), Massimo Serato (Autopsy, The Blood Stained Shadow), Rosalba Neri (The Arena) and Paolo Bonacelli, who has the disturbing movie daily double of being in both Salo and Caligula.
A new radioactive metal has been found and its up to our hero to go to Cairo to find it. This means that he must, of course, romance the ladies and kill several people. You know what it's like for those 1960's spies.
A new radioactive metal has been found and its up to our hero to go to Cairo to find it. This means that he must, of course, romance the ladies and kill several people. You know what it's like for those 1960's spies.
My name is Stevens .Martin Stevens .
dbdumonteil24 September 2014
A first installment in the "Superseven " (sic) adventures .And not the best of the two.The action takes place in London ,Superseven (stronger than 007!)is irresistible and all the girls fall for him even if they are evil.
Roger Browne was essentially known for his sword and sandals flicks but he also starred in spy thrillers and -you have to live!- photo novels for the Italian "Edital" group .He was one of the rare actors working in Italy who had an American name AND was actually American .
The screenplay is a nonentity: a radioactive new metal which all the spies covet ,and ,as the title reads ,action takes place in Egypt,but the director does not take advantage of the landscapes:even the pyramids are badly filmed .One of the villains worked in a Nazi concentration camp and it shows.
Lenzi would do a little better next time.
Roger Browne was essentially known for his sword and sandals flicks but he also starred in spy thrillers and -you have to live!- photo novels for the Italian "Edital" group .He was one of the rare actors working in Italy who had an American name AND was actually American .
The screenplay is a nonentity: a radioactive new metal which all the spies covet ,and ,as the title reads ,action takes place in Egypt,but the director does not take advantage of the landscapes:even the pyramids are badly filmed .One of the villains worked in a Nazi concentration camp and it shows.
Lenzi would do a little better next time.
Weak Bond copy!
RodrigAndrisan9 August 2021
Roger Browne as in the other movies with him, the same gestures, same looks, same movements, boring,
boring, boring. And, that's what I say, a big fan and consumer of the Eurospy genre, I grew up with Eurospy movies, they influenced my whole existence
and now, at the age of wisdom (I hope...), I realize how stupid I was, or still am, watching them. They all seem to be shot at xerox, the same template, airport, pursuit, hotel, microfilm hidden in an object, pursuit again, a few fights, a few shots, a torture scene, one or two beautiful girls, the good one remains with the hero at the end, the evil girl must die.
Rosalba Neri and Fabienne Dali
bensonmum231 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
A Russian agent has stolen a new radioactive metal. For reasons known only to him (and for plot purposes), the metal has been hidden in plain sight in the shape of a camera lens. Before the agent can get the metal out of Egypt, however, the camera with the special lens is sold to an unsuspecting tourist. Special agent Martin Stevens (Roger Browne) is put on the case and asked to recover the metal before it can fall into the wrong hands.
I've seen Superseven Calling Cairo called everything from above- average to average to below-average. For me, it's easily an above- average Eurospy effort. It has a lot of the hallmarks I look for in a good spy film – locations (Egypt, Switzerland, and Italy), beautiful women (Rosalba Neri and Fabienne Dali), a suitably ruthless baddie (an ex-Nazi played by Massimo Serato), henchmen, gun play, car chases, fights, explosions, etc. The various locations and the above average cast do help hide some of the film's shortcomings. Chief among them is an obvious budge limitation when it comes to big, Bond-style set-pieces. It's hard to do anything overly elaborate on the budget Umberto Lenzi was working with on Superseven Calling Cairo. Still, it's a fun enough romp across Europe that moves at a nice pace and never feels like it overstays its welcome. I'd be happy if all Eurospy films were this enjoyable.
If I have one big complaint it's with the lead, Roger Browne. I've never found him a very exciting actor. And he's not helped here with some poorly written dialogue and bad dubbing. I could see someone like Ken Clarke making this one a real winner.
I've seen Superseven Calling Cairo called everything from above- average to average to below-average. For me, it's easily an above- average Eurospy effort. It has a lot of the hallmarks I look for in a good spy film – locations (Egypt, Switzerland, and Italy), beautiful women (Rosalba Neri and Fabienne Dali), a suitably ruthless baddie (an ex-Nazi played by Massimo Serato), henchmen, gun play, car chases, fights, explosions, etc. The various locations and the above average cast do help hide some of the film's shortcomings. Chief among them is an obvious budge limitation when it comes to big, Bond-style set-pieces. It's hard to do anything overly elaborate on the budget Umberto Lenzi was working with on Superseven Calling Cairo. Still, it's a fun enough romp across Europe that moves at a nice pace and never feels like it overstays its welcome. I'd be happy if all Eurospy films were this enjoyable.
If I have one big complaint it's with the lead, Roger Browne. I've never found him a very exciting actor. And he's not helped here with some poorly written dialogue and bad dubbing. I could see someone like Ken Clarke making this one a real winner.
An Adequate James Bond Clone
Uriah4317 January 2021
After a new radioactive metal has been stolen secret agent "Martin Stevens" (Roger Browne) is assigned the mission to recover it. The problem is that the metal has been melted down and made into a camera lens which was then accidentally purchased by a tourist who has subsequently gone to Cairo. Needing information he comes across a female operative named "Faddja" (Rosalba Neri) who is working for the other side who inadvertently points him in the right direction. It's then that he teams up with a female agent by the name of "Denise" (Fabienne Dali) and together they attempt to track down the mysterious tourist as he visits one exotic site after another while at the same time having to contend with Russian agents who want this new metal as much as he does. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay James Bond clone which suffered somewhat due to poor character development and the fact that it jumped too quickly at times from one scene to another without sufficient preparation. It also didn't help matters that the script was rather bland as well. In any case, while certainly not a great spy film by any means, I suppose it was adequate for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Bond-lite again but it looks great
neil-douglas201011 June 2023
Another of the numerous Bond like spy films of the sixties, Italian made I think so it's dubbed in English. I know a lot of people don't like this but in this case it's done pretty well.
Roger Browne plays Martin Stevens, aka Superseven is sent to Cairo to recover sensitive equipment before the Soviets get their hands on it. There's not many people he can trust, especially the many beautiful ladies that frequently turn up. Whilst the storyline and characters are pretty formulaic the location work is not. It's fantastic to see Paris, Rome and Cairo in the mid sixties before mass tourism arrived, for that alone this is worth a watch.
Roger Browne plays Martin Stevens, aka Superseven is sent to Cairo to recover sensitive equipment before the Soviets get their hands on it. There's not many people he can trust, especially the many beautiful ladies that frequently turn up. Whilst the storyline and characters are pretty formulaic the location work is not. It's fantastic to see Paris, Rome and Cairo in the mid sixties before mass tourism arrived, for that alone this is worth a watch.
Italian EuroSpy Movie with Roger BROWNE
ZeddaZogenau24 February 2024
Although the film was directed by the Italian veteran director Umberto LENZI, it is only a very weak representative of the EuroSPY wave of the 1960s, which began after the great success of the first James Bond films DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER and THUNDERBALL.
A highly radioactive material is stolen and hidden in a camera lens. Agent SuperSEVEN (Roger BROWNE) chases the whole thing from London to Cairo, Locarno and Rome. Fabienne DALI and Massimo SERATO complete the all too colorless cast.
Only 281,000 tickets were purchased in West German cinemas (source: InsideKino). Not surprising!
A highly radioactive material is stolen and hidden in a camera lens. Agent SuperSEVEN (Roger BROWNE) chases the whole thing from London to Cairo, Locarno and Rome. Fabienne DALI and Massimo SERATO complete the all too colorless cast.
Only 281,000 tickets were purchased in West German cinemas (source: InsideKino). Not surprising!
Pretty good 1960's Euro-spy movie
shakspryn26 September 2021
I saw this recently, and it was the first time I have ever seen the actor Roger Browne. He's very striking-looking: six feet tall, and very strong and fit. No one would be eager to tangle with this guy! He makes a good secret agent.
You can tell from the first scene that the filmmakers are trying to follow the format of a Bond movie, and they manage that sometimes. One of the fun things watching 1960's Euro-spy movies is to enjoy what makes them of their time, and especially the European touches. That mostly means Italian, as here, though there were French and German Euro-spy movies, too.
For example, there is an interesting scene of a full-figured belly dancer in a Cairo club. She's a wonderful dancer, but a U. S. film of the time, I think, would never have featured a dancer who wasn't slender.
The movie has some great scenery of Cairo and Egypt. There's an amazing shot of a huge hotel swimming pool and you can see minarets in the background. I wondered if this hotel had been a palace; I've never seen such an enormous pool.
Rosalba Neri is in the movie and has a good role. I wish her part had been even bigger. She brings beauty, energy and star quality to every scene she's in. When she's on screen, it's just more interesting.
There are a fair number of action scenes. I think some should have been longer. The music is very European, a bit tongue-in-cheek! I liked it. On the whole, this is one of the better Euro-spy movies.
You can tell from the first scene that the filmmakers are trying to follow the format of a Bond movie, and they manage that sometimes. One of the fun things watching 1960's Euro-spy movies is to enjoy what makes them of their time, and especially the European touches. That mostly means Italian, as here, though there were French and German Euro-spy movies, too.
For example, there is an interesting scene of a full-figured belly dancer in a Cairo club. She's a wonderful dancer, but a U. S. film of the time, I think, would never have featured a dancer who wasn't slender.
The movie has some great scenery of Cairo and Egypt. There's an amazing shot of a huge hotel swimming pool and you can see minarets in the background. I wondered if this hotel had been a palace; I've never seen such an enormous pool.
Rosalba Neri is in the movie and has a good role. I wish her part had been even bigger. She brings beauty, energy and star quality to every scene she's in. When she's on screen, it's just more interesting.
There are a fair number of action scenes. I think some should have been longer. The music is very European, a bit tongue-in-cheek! I liked it. On the whole, this is one of the better Euro-spy movies.
SuperSeven Calling Cairo
CinemaSerf26 May 2023
Roger Browne is competent enough here in this pretty shameless hybrid of all things "007" with a bit of "Man from U. N. C. L. E." thrown in for good measure. The suave agent "Super 7" is tasked with tracking down a newly discovered metal that is being smuggled inside of a pocket camera that cannot be allowed to fall into the wrong hands! His investigations take him to the magical city of Cairo where he encounters dangers a-plenty and has no idea who he can trust. It's all pretty procedural, this, with a few gadgets and gizmos to liven it up as it moves along, quickly, to a conclusion that has it's tongue firmly in it's cheek. There's not much jeopardy and a bit too much script/score but it's still just about watchable if you accept it's production values and budget do not compare with it's more illustrious contemporaries in the genre.
Bad, James Bad
boundlaw2 January 2024
The most remarkable thing about this Italian James Bond knockoff is how astoundingly bad it truly is. If it is a spoof, someone forgot to tell the filmmakers that a spoof is supposed to be funny. If it was intended to be serious, they failed in epic proportions. Filled with cliches and tired tropes, it is devoid of witty dialogue what stands out most is its utter lack of originality or creativity. The characters lack motivation, most of the actors appear to be performing under duress, as if their loved ones are being held hostage to force them to participate in this slop. Fight scenes have choreography stiff as the Lee Harvey Oswald prison transfer. This film leaves the viewer not only feeling cheated, but literally being dumber for having watched it. On the positive side, some of the cinematography is good, notably the police chase scene, and highlights the exotic locales used in the film well.
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