It's 1967, so MH has more fun parodying early Bonds (short robe, the gardener's DJ!), plus the generation (mod clothes, hippies, LSD), all beautifully caught in widescreen by Guillaume Schiffman. The use of split / multiple screens is absolutely inspired (Laurent Brett did these). Louise Monot is Jean Dujardin's foil (he actually becomes Flynn in Robin Hood). I also love the way he casually offends everyone.
Also clips from Trapeze, the bad guys who are the world's worst shots, and lovely Hitchcock referenced climax.
Has a slightly lumpy middle, I felt, but still laugh out loud funny. Music Ludovic Bource.
The book series was commenced by Jean Bruce in 1949, the original films ran from 1956 - 1970, featuring Kerwin Mathews, Frederick Stafford, Curt Jurgens, Luciana Paluzzi etc. They look great but the French of course don't care to make them available to the world with subtitles.
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